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Organic Contaminant Content and Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Waste Materials Recycled in Agriculture

Agriculture, 2015
A range of wastes representative of materials currently applied, or with future potential to be applied, to agricultural land in the UK as fertilisers and soil improvers or used as animal bedding in livestock production, were investigated. In addition to
Hannah Rigby, Alan Dowding, Alwyn Fernandes, David Humphries, Rupert G. Petch, Christopher K. Reynolds, Martin Rose, Stephen R. Smith   +7 more
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Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of l‐leucine produced with Corynebacterium glutamicum KCCM 80421 for all animal species (CJ Europe GmbH)

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of l‐leucine produced with a genetically modified strain of Corynebacterium glutamicum (KCCM 80421) when used as nutritional (amino acid) and/or sensory (flavouring compound) feed additive in feed and water for drinking ...
EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Roberto Edoardo Villa, Giovanna Azimonti, Eleftherios Bonos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Birgit Dusemund, Ronette Gehring, Boet Glandorf, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Francesca Marcon, Giovanna Martelli, Carlo Nebbia, Alena Pechová, Miguel Prieto‐Maradona, Katerina Theodoridou, Paul Brantom, Luca Tosti, Montserrat Anguita, Matteo L. Innocenti, Maria Kolona, Fabiola Pizzo, Jordi Tarrés‐Call   +23 more
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Atmospheric Deposition of Organic Pollutants: A Comprehensive Review of Sampling and Analytical Methodologies

Analytical Science Advances, Volume 7, Issue 1, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Atmospheric deposition of organic pollutants plays a crucial role in the transport and fate of contaminants in the environment, with implications for ecosystem health and human exposure. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and microplastics are increasingly recognized as transboundary threats due to ...
Iva Smoljo, Gordana Mendaš, Gordana Pehnec   +2 more
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Dioxin Analysis of Bee Pollen Pellets Collected by Apis mellifera L. in Rural Area of Turkey

Journal of Apicultural Science, 2018
Bee pollen, an important bee product, is harvested as a food supplement for humans, so it must be safe in terms of toxic components for consumption.
Özkök Aslı, Çakıroğulları Gül Çelik, Sorkun Kadriye, Yağlı Hatice Gür, Alsan İbrahim, Bektaş Berkay, Kılıç Devrim   +6 more
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Reference materials for the determination of contaminants in milk and milk products

Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 2003
In this review, the latest information is given about the reference materials for the determination of contaminants in milk and milk products. Certified reference materials for the determination of contaminating chemical elements, organochlorine ...
J. Táborský, A. Hejtmánková, J. Dolejšková   +2 more
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Update of the risk assessment on dioxins and dioxin‐like PCBs in feed and food

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA to update its 2018 risk assessment on polychlorinated dibenzo‐p‐dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin‐like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL‐PCBs) in feed and food, based on the 2022 WHO Toxic Equivalency Factors (WHO2022‐TEFs).
EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel), Helle Katrine Knutsen, Agneta Åkesson, Vasileios Bampidis, Margherita Bignami, Laurent Bodin, James Kevin Chipman, Gisela Degen, Antonio Hernández‐Jerez, Tim Hofer, Christer Hogstrand, Stefano Landi, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Kyriaki Machera, Evangelia Ntzani, Isabelle P. Oswald, Guido Rychen, Salomon Sand, Katharina Vejdovszky, Barbara Viviani, Jesús del Mazo, Andy Hart, Dieter Schrenk, José Cortiñas Abrahantes, Luisa Ramos Bordajandi, Francesca Riolo, Tuuli Tauriainen, Ron Hoogenboom   +27 more
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Effects of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans on phagocytic response of Eisenia andrei coelomocytes

Journal of Xenobiotics, 2011
The immunotoxicological effects of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans (PCDDs/Fs) mixtures on Eisenia andrei earthworms have never been studied.
Hayet Belmeskine, Pauline Brousseau, Sami Haddad, Louise Vandelac, Michel Fournier   +4 more
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Statement on the findings presented in the Toxicological Profile for Mercury issued by the US ATSDR

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was requested by the European Commission to deliver a statement on the findings presented in the Toxicological Profile for Mercury issued by the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in 2024. The statement was endorsed by the CONTAM Panel before approval by EFSA. Although some key
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Maria Bastaki, Chantra Eskes, Thorhallur Halldorsson, Irene Pilar Muñoz Guajardo, Katharina Vejdovszky, Barbara Viviani, Hans Steinkellner   +7 more
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Polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzo-furans exposure and altered lung function: The mediating role of oxidative stress

Environment International, 2020
The lung has been reported to be one of the target organs of polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzo-furans (PCDD/Fs) in many toxicological studies.
Zhuang Zhang, Min Zhou, Jintong He, Tingming Shi, Sukun Zhang, Naijun Tang, Weihong Chen   +6 more
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Current Status of Air Toxics Management and Its Strategies for Controlling Emissions in Taiwan

Toxics, 2016
Since the 1970s, hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), so-called air toxics, have been of great concern because they can cause serious human health effects and have adverse effects on the environment.
Wen-Tien Tsai
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