The environmental occurrence of antimicrobial pharmaceuticals and antibiotic resistant
bacteria and antibiotic resistant genes has become a global phenomenon and a …

Increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is causing a significant health burden
among the European population. Current knowledge supports the notion that endocrine …

Background In the past, cases of PCDD/F and PCB contamination exceeding limits in food
from animal origin (eggs, meat or milk) were mainly caused by industrially produced feed …

Achieving a sustainable future will only be possible through the intersection of the best
science and technology in combination with the societal, economic, policy, cultural, moral …

This paper reviews the role of conventional waste-to-energy, ie incineration of (mainly)
municipal solid waste with energy recovery, in the circular economy. It shows that, although …

Companies dealing with chemical products have to cope with large amounts of waste and
environmental risk due to the use and production of toxic substances. Against this …

Recent advances in environmental analytical chemistry have identified the presence of a
large number of chemicals of emerging Arctic concern (CEACs) being transported long …

Over the past decades, there has been an unprecedented regulatory drive in public health
protection in the European Union, making large-scale toxicological incidents or mass …

Existing regulatory frameworks often prove inadequate in promptly identifying contaminants
of emerging concern (CECs) and determining their impacts on biological systems at an early …

The chemistries and chemical processes used today and practiced over the last 100 years
have resulted in innovative materials and products that have significantly contributed to …