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THE ANALYSIS OF ILLICIT DRUGS COLLECTED DURING A SUMMER FESTIVAL AND EVALUATION OF THE NARCOREADER FOR ON-SITE ANALYSIS OF MDMA

After weighing the pros and cons of the alternative methods, the mid- IR device had all over the best results and could be far more attractive for on-site use in its already existing portable format. The ...

Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans

food supplements daily and all year round. Additionally, most users confirmed that they adhered to the recommended dose for consumption as advertised on the label of the product. This result supports our ...

Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety

based on the sequencing of all genetic material of the sample without isolation has become available some years ago, e.g. shotgun metagenomics. It allows to get a screenshot of every microbiological ...

Development of a data-intensive centralized system for surveillance and outbreak investigation of bacterial pathogens using whole-genome sequencing

sequencing (WGS), the sequencing of (nearly) complete genomes, has had an enormous impact on almost all fields of biology. However, its successful integration into routine public health practice has lagged ...

Chemical and toxciological characterization of e-liquid cigarettes

As such, 807 flavouring substances were identified in 129 e-liquids using complementary HS- GC MS methods. In a first step, all these substances were screened for genotoxicity using qualitative and ...

Genotoxic evaluation of the liquids present in electronic cigarettes

dose-dependent genotoxic effect, both in the Ames test and the in vitro micronucleus test. The effect did not require metabolic activation. All three 2,3-pentadione-containing e-liquids showed a negative result in ...

Vaccine preventable bacterial diseases in Belgium: monitoring of general population immunity and pregnancy vaccination strategies

prior to their first DT aP vaccination. All infants showed good antibody responses to the vaccine albeit minor inhibition by residual maternal antibodies was observed for infant antibodies to PT in terms ...

Development of molecular tools for rapid detection and quantification of indoor airborne molds to assess their impact on public health

issues.  The multiplexing issue was overcome through a Luminex xMAP® assay, developed for the simultaneous detection of the 10 most frequently in indoor air found fungi. All the species identified with the ...

BruxAir. Short-term health effects of air pollution in the Brussels Capital Region 2004-2011: an epidemiological time series approach.

years). In the BruxAir project, short term effects of air pollution on health were investigated by means of administrative data: the InterMutualistic Agency keeps a record of all prescription-based ...

Study of the possible migration risks of food contact materials for children under 3 years

concentrations of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3- pentanediol diisobutyrate (TXIB) around 350 µg kg-1. For all detected compounds authorised by the EU Regulation No. 10/2011 with a specific migration limit (SML), such as ...

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