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Method development for analysis of nanoplastics in drinking water and milk using transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Keywords: Drinking Water electron microscopy milk nanoplastics VALIDATION Abstract: The characterization of nanoplastics (NP s) in complex matrices remains an analytical challenge. The PlasticTrace project ...
Strategy to develop and validate digital droplet PCR methods for global antimicrobial resistance wastewater surveillance
Verhaegen; Astrid Huwaert; Hadrien Maloux; Veronik Hutse; Pieter-Jan Ceyssens; Nancy Roosens Source: Water Environment Research, Volume 96, Issue 11 (2024) Keywords: wastewater surveillance Health Topics: ...
Development of novel analytical methods to trace small micro- and nanoplastics in food matrices
innovative methods to apply in the individualization, quantification and characterization of small micro- and nanoplastics in food matrices, such as drinking water and milk, in the context of PlasticTrace ...
Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
food Food Safety Health Risk Assessment microcystins WATER Abstract: Increased awareness in the media and strict control by competent authorities resulted in an overall risk perception of toxic ...
Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
water, the DNA was extracted with two classical commercial kits or with a kit performing depletion of the host DNA. The extracted DNA also was amplified or not using Phi29 polymerase. We showed that all ...
Development, Validation and Application of a Targeted LC-MS Method for Quantification of Microcystins and Nodularin: Towards a Better Characterization of Drinking Water
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Wannes Van Hassel; Bart Huybrechts; Julien Masquelier; Annick Wilmotte; Mirjana Andjelkovic Source: Water, Volume 14, Issue 8 (2022) ...
A Summer of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Belgian Waterbodies: Microcystin Quantification and Molecular Characterizations
different protocols and is restricted to some selected recreational ponds and lakes. Therefore, a global assessment based on the comparison of existing datasets is not possible. For this study, 79 water ...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of a school- and community-based intervention to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevent type 2 diabetes in vulnerable families across Europe: the Feel4Diabetes-study.
water consumption and physical activity led to a modest gain in quality adjusted life years (QALY s) at a low intervention cost and budget impact. Medical cost savings due to avoided illness could only be ...
Ecotoxicity profile of heavily contaminated surface water of two rivers in Tunisia
Fernandez-Serrano; Mansour, Hedi Ben Source: Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, Volume 82 (2020) Keywords: Ecotoxicity Organic and inorganic contaminants rivers textile wastewater Water Quality Abstract: ...
Genome Editing in Agriculture: Methods, Applications, and Governance—A paper in the series on The Need for Agricultural Innovation to Sustainably Feed the World by 2050
land and water caused by global population growth, as well as the challenges climate change poses to agriculture, genome editing for crop and livestock improvement is garnering increasing attention. This ...