Contaminants in food: Identifying and assessing risks as early as possible
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 12:02
in Health & Medicine
Dioxins, mineral oils, perfluorinated substances -- people do not only obtain important nutrients with their food. They also ingest undesirable substances which can affect health when taken up in certain quantities. New research gives an overview of the assessment strategies of possible health risks and explains what properties and hazard potential the contaminants entail, where they come from and to what extent people are exposed to them.