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almahu_9949293400002882
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1 online resource (276 pages)
ISBN:
9789400729537
Serie:
NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security Ser.
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Intro -- Environmental and Food Safety and Security for South-East Europe and Ukraine -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Defending the Safety of the Global Food System: Advances in Food Security and Safety -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What Has Changed?: Challenges to the Global Food System in the Twenty-First-Century -- 1.2.1 Food- A Potential Victim of Direct Contamination -- 1.3 Instability in Agricultural Production and its Effects on Less Developed Countries (LDCs) -- 1.4 Policy Options and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 2: Food Safety System in Croatia -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Previous Efforts that Led to the Food Safety System in Croatia, as We Now Know -- 2.3 Food Safety System in the Republic of Croatia -- 2.3.1 Food Safety System -- 2.3.1.1 Food Safety Legislation -- 2.3.1.2 Food Safety Official Controls -- 2.3.1.3 Surveillance and Monitoring -- 2.3.2 Resource Generation -- 2.3.3 Financing -- 2.3.4 Laboratory Services: Food Monitoring and Epidemiological Data -- 2.4 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Bioactive Compounds of Georgian National Food: Determination of Antioxidant Activity -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Materials and Methods -- 3.3 Results and Discussion -- 3.3.1 Biologically Active Plant Composites on the Base of Georgian Tea and Red Wine -- 3.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Eco-Friendly Food Processing: 21st Century Challenges -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Traditional Food Processing Technologies and Influence on Environment -- 4.1.2 Demands of Eco-Friendly Food Processing Technologies -- 4.1.3 Novel Eco-Friendly Food Processing Technologies and Influence on Environment -- 4.2 Brief Overview of Some Novel Processing Technologies -- 4.3 Environmental Effect and Benefits of Novel Food Processing Technologies -- 4.4 Conclusions -- References.
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Chapter 5: REACH Regulation - A Prerequisite for Health and Environmental Safety: Lithuanian Case -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 REACH Regulation and its Capability to Influence Health and Environmental Safety -- 5.2.1 Knowledge on Intrinsic Properties of Chemical Substances -- 5.2.2 Safe Use -- 5.2.3 Use of Less Hazardous Substitutes -- 5.3 Methods -- 5.4 REACH for Health Safety: Avoided Occupational Diseases in Lithuania -- 5.4.1 Overview of the Number of Respiratory, Skin and Malignant Diseases -- 5.4.2 Burden of Occupational Diseases -- 5.4.3 Estimation of the Percentage of Diseases Related to Chemicals Exposure -- 5.4.4 Prediction of the Number of Diseases that may be Avoided -- 5.5 Health and Environmental Safety Due to Substitution of Hazardous Chemical Substances -- 5.5.1 Substitution of DEHP in Lithuanian Furniture Industry -- 5.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Evolution, Efficiency and Challenges of Environmental Management in Bulgarian Agriculture -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Definition, Modes and Efficiency of Environmental Governance -- 6.3 Evolution of Environmental Management in Bulgarian Agriculture -- 6.4 Agricultural Impact on Environment -- 6.5 Policy Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 7: Environmental Security and Its Economical Aspect -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Economic Sustainability and Environmental Security: Convergence of Scientific Approaches -- 7.3 Environmental Security in the Context of Sustainable Economic Development: Environmental Risk Analysis -- 7.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Sustainable Strategies of Phytoremediation of the Sites Polluted with Obsolete Pesticides -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Phytoremediation of Polluted Soil -- 8.3 Materials and Methods -- 8.4 Plant Selection -- 8.5 Conclusions -- References.
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Chapter 9: Innovative Method for Utilization of Wastewater for Security and Safety in Rural Areas -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Materials and Methods -- 9.3 Laboratory Analyses -- 9.4 Results and Discussion -- 9.4.1 Pollutants Concentration -- 9.4.2 Removal Efficiency -- 9.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10: Three Stage Biotechnology for the Rehabilitation of Soils Polluted with Explosives -- 10.1 First-Value Heading -- 10.2 Materials and Methods -- 10.2.1 Effect of Explosives on Seed Germination and Plant Growth -- 10.2.2 Microorganisms Growth -- 10.2.3 Preparation of Soil Polluted with [1- 14 C] TNT -- 10.2.4 Model Experiments for Cleaning Water Polluted with [1- 14 C] TNT -- 10.2.5 Quantitative Determination of TNT and RDX -- 10.2.6 Determination of Enzymes Activities -- 10.3 Results and Discussion -- 10.3.1 Microorganisms Degrading TNT and RDX -- 10.3.2 Model Experiment for Remediation of Soils Polluted with TNT -- 10.3.3 Bioutilization of Plants After Phytoremediation -- 10.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Transfer of Radionuclides to Crops, Foodstuff Contamination and Application of Countermeasures -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Migration Velocity of Radionuclides into the Soil -- 11.2.1 Vertical Migration -- 11.3 Transfer of Radionuclides to Crops -- 11.4 Foodstuff Contamination -- 11.5 Application of Countermeasures -- 11.5.1 Efficacy of Countermeasures in Crop Production -- 11.5.2 Evaluation of Agrotechnical Countermeasures -- 11.5.2.1 Selection or Change of Crops -- 11.5.2.2 Ploughing or Other Mechanical Soil Treatment -- 11.5.2.3 Agrochemical Measures (Fertilization or Liming) -- 11.6 Conclusions and Discussion -- References -- Chapter 12: Sustainability of Mining Waste in Basin Bor, Serbia -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Old Flotation Tailings -- 12.2.1 Characteristics of Flotation Tailings Material.
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12.2.1.1 Mineralogy of Tailings Materials -- 12.2.1.2 Chemical Composition -- 12.2.1.3 Flotation -- 12.3 Other Wastes -- 12.3.1 Open Pit Mine Bor -- 12.3.2 Open Pit Mine Cerovo -- 12.3.3 Open Pit Mine Veliki Krivelj -- 12.3.4 Copper Smelting Plant -- 12.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13: Electrolyzer for Production of Environmentally Safe Functional Aqueous Solutions: Analysis of Mass Transfer in Annulus -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Electrolyzer -- 13.3 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 14: Electrochemical Incineration of Some Phenolic Compounds and MTBE -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Experimental -- 14.3 Results and Discussion -- 14.3.1 Electrooxidation of MTBE -- 14.3.2 Oxidation of Some Phenolic Compounds -- 14.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 15: The Status of Research on Constructed Wetlands -- 15.1 Constructed Wetlands - Established Water Treatment Technologies -- 15.2 Removal of Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Compounds -- 15.3 Removal of Trace Elements and Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters -- 15.4 Removal of Sulphur Compounds, Metals and Metalloids (Arsenics) -- 15.5 Hygienization -- 15.6 Technical Innovations -- 15.7 Production of Energy Plants -- 15.8 Conclusion (Summary) -- References -- Chapter 16: Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Land Cover Within the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Mississippi, USA -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Experimental Design and Methods -- 16.3 Results and Discussion -- 16.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 17: Protecting and Improving Water Quality in Vojvodina -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Water Quality in Vojvodina -- 17.2.1 Quality of Drinking Water in Some Vojvodina Districts -- 17.2.2 Quality of Drinking Water in Novi Sad -- 17.3 Existing Problems Which Significantly Influence Water Quality in Vojvodina.
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17.4 Future Steps in Improving Water Quality -- 17.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 18: Public Health Risks and Economic Impact of Counterfeit Medicines -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Widespread Availability of Counterfeit Medications -- 18.3 Economic and Health Consequences of Counterfeit Medicines -- 18.4 The Origin of Counterfeit Drugs -- 18.5 Strategies to Combat Counterfeit Medications -- 18.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19: Patients Practice and Knowledge of Pharmaceuticals Disposal: Example from Some Rural Areas of Croatia -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Materials and Methods -- 19.3 Results -- 19.4 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 20: Endemic (Balkan) Nephropathy: A Disease Caused by Aristolochic Acid -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 Basic Epidemiological Data -- 20.3 Diagnosis -- 20.4 Pathology and Clinical Course -- 20.5 Etiology and Aristolochic Acid Research -- 20.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 21: Catastrophe Medicine and Environmental Security: The Dietary Grape Polyphenol Concentrate Enoant as Functional Food in Prevention and Treatment -- 21.1 Introduction -- 21.2 Health Effects of Enoant -- 21.3 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 22: Thinner Exposure and Memory and Learning Deficits -- 22.1 Introduction -- 22.2 Material and Methods. Animals and Treatments -- 22.2.1 Immunoblotting -- 22.2.2 Protein, Lipid Peroxidation, and GSH Assays -- 22.2.3 Statistical Analysis -- 22.3 Results and Discussion -- 22.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 23: Environmental and Drug Induced Renal Damage -- The Way to Protect -- 23.1 Introduction -- 23.2 Mechanism of Metal Compounds Toxicity -- 23.3 Metal-Induced Oxidative Stress -- 23.4 Role of Some Antioxidants -- 23.5 Antioxidant and Nephroprotective Properties of Rhenium Cluster Compounds -- 23.6 Conclusions -- References.
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Chapter 24: Conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Croatia.
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Print version: Vitale, Ksenija Environmental and Food Safety and Security for South-East Europe and Ukraine Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands,c2012 ISBN 9789400729520
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