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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 ...
Cyanotoxins and Food Contamination in Developing Countries: Review of Their Types, Toxicity, Analysis, Occurrence and Mitigation Strategies
a real risk to the exposed population. Assessment of cyanotoxin contamination in foods from developing countries still requires further investigations by conducting more survey studies, especially the ...
Pesticide Use in Market Gardening and Perceived Risk of Consumers Exposed to Pesticide Residues
gardening to improve productivity and pest control. Pesticide residues could be persistent in vegetables and generate a potential health hazard for consumers. This study has been carried out in Tunisia to ...
Human biomonitoring survey (Pb, Cd, As, Cu, Zn, Mo) for urban gardeners exposed to metal contaminated soils
Source: Environmental Pollution, Volume 312 (2022) Health Topics: Health and environment Santé et environnement Gezondheid en milieu Service: Éléments traces et nanomatériaux Spoorelementen en ...
Update of the risk assessment of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDDs) in food
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM); Dieter Schrenk; Margherita Bignami; Laurent Bodin; James Kevin Chipman; Jesús del ...
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) ...
Retrospective survey of unauthorized genetically modified bacteria harbouring antimicrobial resistance genes in feed additive vitamin B2 commercialized in Belgium: Challenges and solutions
suspicious samples contaminated with additional unknown GM bacterial strains as well as potential health and environmental risks related to the unexpected presence of full-length AMR genes could be ...
Update of the risk assessment of nickel in food and drinking water
adult age groups, but generally exceeded the TDI in toddlers and in other children, as well as in infants in some surveys. This may raise a health concern in these young age groups. The MOE values for the ...
Ecotoxicity profile of heavily contaminated surface water of two rivers in Tunisia
Persistent organic and inorganic contaminants generated by industrial effluent wastes poses a threat to the maintenance of aquatic ecosystems and public health. The Khniss and Hamdoun rivers, located in the ...
Acrylamide in other foods_Determination of acrylamide levels in some food categories and estimation of the exposure for the Belgian population
also part of the discussions on Novel Food Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. Therefore, this research project was issued in order to collect missing data on acrylamide contamination for different food ...