| Climate Change and Food Safety: an Emerging Issue with Special Focus on Europe. | |
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PMID: 19709573 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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According to general consensus, the global climate is changing, which may also affect agricultural and livestock production. The potential impact of climate change on food security is a widely debated and investigated issue. Nonetheless, the specific impact on safety of food and feed for consumers has remained a less studied topic. This review therefore identifies the various food safety issues that are likely to be affected by changes in climate, particularly in Europe. Amongst the issues identified are mycotoxins formed on plant products in the field or during storage; residues of pesticides in plant products affected by changes in pest pressure; trace elements and/or heavy metals in plant products depending on changes in their abundance and availability in soils; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in foods following changes in long-range atmospheric transport and deposition into the environment; marine biotoxins in seafood following production of phycotoxins by harmful algal blooms; and the presence of pathogenic bacteria in foods following more frequent extreme weather conditions, such as flooding and heat waves. Research topics that are amenable to further research are highlighted. |
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M Miraglia; H J P Marvin; G A Kleter; P Battilani; C Brera; E Coni; F Cubadda; L Croci; B De Santis; S Dekkers; L Filippi; R W A Hutjes; M Y Noordam; M Pisante; G Piva; A Prandini; L Toti; G J van den Born; A Vespermann |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2009-2-10 |
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Title: Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association Volume: - ISSN: 1873-6351 ISO Abbreviation: Food Chem. Toxicol. Publication Date: 2009 Feb |
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Created Date: 2009-8-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8207483 Medline TA: Food Chem Toxicol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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National Center for Food Quality and Risk Assessment, Italian National Institute for Health (ISS), Viale Regina Elena 299, I-00166 Rome, Italy. |
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