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Development of novel analytical methods to trace small micro- and nanoplastics in food matrices
strength, or barrier activity against oxygen and carbon dioxide, and the cost-effectiveness. However, apart from macroplastics, we are facing with the serious problem of microplastics (MP s) and nanoplastics ...
The Changing Landscape of Food Deserts and Swamps over More than a Decade in Flanders, Belgium.
respectively. Although the area that could become a food desert in the future due to these sociospatial and demographic evolutions is large, food deserts are currently a relatively small problem in Flanders in ...
The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Poland: Implementation Gaps and Actions for Improvement.
Luszczynska; Maartje Poelman; Janas M Harrington; Stefanie Vandevijvere Source: Foods, Volume 11, Issue 11 (2022) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Poland is facing the growing problem of overweight and obesity in the ...
Development, Validation and Application of a Targeted LC-MS Method for Quantification of Microcystins and Nodularin: Towards a Better Characterization of Drinking Water
pollutants are some of the causes of the problem. Moreover, due to the increasing human population, water demand is also increasing, while water reserves in aquifers, groundwater and fossil water are ...
Dietary exposure assessment and risk characterization of citrinin and ochratoxin A in Belgium
problem. To ensure public health, it is imperative to characterize the risks related to these toxins. The present study aims to conduct a dietary exposure assessment of citrinin (CIT) and ochratoxin A (OTA) ...
Implementation of healthy food environment policies to prevent nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Ghana: National experts' assessment of government action.
Holdsworth Source: Food Policy, Volume 93 (2020) Abstract: Nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NR- NCD s) are a global health problem, increasingly recognised as driven by unhealthy food environments. ...
Migration of mineral oil from cardboard packaging for food: Identification of the hazards and assessment of the exposure of the Belgian population
oil food contamination problem in Belgium, an extensive market survey was conducted including a wide variety of matrices. As saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) and aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) have ...
How can we better detect unauthorized GMO in the food and feed chain
unauthorized genetically modified organisms (GMO s). Here, we propose a new workflow, based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology, to overcome this problem. In providing information about DNA sequences, ...
Ecotoxicological potential of antibiotic pollution-industrial wastewater: bioavailability, biomarkers, and occurrence in Mytilus galloprovincialis.
Pollutants, Chemical Water Quality Abstract: Environmental pollution by pharmaceutical residues has become a major problem in many countries worldwide. However, little is known about the concentrations of ...
Biotech Rice: Current developments and future detection challenges in food and feed chain
system applied to unauthorized GMO. Scope and approach To illustrate this problem, the case of rice, one of the leading staple crops, was investigated. An overview of worldwide developed biotech rice ...