Nanoencapsulation for Agri-Food Applications and Associated Health and Environmental Concerns

PTR-MS in Italy: A Multipurpose Sensor with Applications in Environmental, Agri-Food and Health Science

Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS) has evolved in the last decade as a fast and high sensitivity sensor for the real-time monitoring of volatile compounds. Its applications range from environmental sciences to medical sciences, from food technology to bioprocess monitoring. Italian scientists and institutions participated from the very beginning in fundamental and applied resea...

environmental and health concerns associated with compost products in iran

in this research, health, safety, and environmental risks were studied for the final compost products in iran. municipal solid waste (msw) is the major feedstock for composting plants and the main users are farmers. according to the objective of this research program three factors including heavy metal concentrations, foreign matter content, and maturity degree were identified as important para...

Can Health and Environmental Concerns Meet in Food Choices?

The objective of the study is to analyze if there is a relationship between health and environmental sustainability concerns in food choices. We used data of 300 Italian consumers collected through a vis-à-vis survey. We performed cross-tabulations and chi-square tests for a selected set of variables measuring both types of concerns, segmenting the sample by age, gender and education. Our resul...

Fragrance: emerging health and environmental concerns

Products containing scent are a part of daily life. The majority of cosmetics, toiletries, household and laundry products contain fragrance. In addition, there is exposure to fragrance from products that are used to scent the air, such as air fresheners and fragranced candles. In spite of this widespread use and exposure, there is little information available on the materials used in fragrance....

Conceptualization of the dynamics and synergistic partnership between the agri-food production chain and public health veterinarians