Luca Lucentini


Luca Lucentini is Director of the National Center for Water Safety - National Institute for Health - Italy. Expert for World Health Organization, European Union, and United Nations on health-related issues concerning access to water and sanitation, including regulations, standards and guidelines, risk analysis processes (water and sanitation safety plans), training and communication, research and control activities. Field of application includes mineral and thermal water, safety of natural water resources, water cycle, water (re)uses, integrated and source-to-sea management, safety of materials and products in contact with water, technologies (e.g. desalination), water for human consumption, agriculture, animal and food production, recreational and bathing water quality, water safety in buildings and ships, wastewater-based epidemiology, risks related to climate changes and emerging contaminants. Responsible for international cooperation programs and support on water and health in many countries in the Europ