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Risk assessment of rare earth elements in fruits and vegetables from mining areas in China
Assessment of contaminated food through the dietary intake is essential for human health. To investigate the health risk of rare earth element (REE) exposure to fruits and vegetables in mining areas in China, ...
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Food contact materials (FCM) are all materials and articles intended to come into direct or indirect contact with food. The definition of food contact materials and articles is essentially the same in differen...
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Nowadays, with food safety incidents occurring repeatedly in many countries, consumers and organizations are increasingly concerned about the quality and safety of foodstuffs. The presence of food contaminants...
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Open AccessUnderestimated health risks: polystyrene micro- and nanoplastics jointly induce intestinal barrier dysfunction by ROS-mediated epithelial cell apoptosis
Micro- and nanoplastic pollution has become a global environmental problem. Nanoplastics in the environment are still hard to detect because of analysis technology limitations. It is believed that when micropl...
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Open AccessAnalysis of individual and combined estrogenic effects of bisphenol, nonylphenol and diethylstilbestrol in immature rats with mathematical models
Traditional toxicological studies focus on individual compounds. However, this single-compound approach neglects the fact that the mixture exposed to human may act additively or synergistically to induce great...
