Environmental and Food Safety and Security for South-East Europe and Ukraine

Description

This book covers important aspects of the field of food security and safety, ranging from fundamental production, through advanced water treatment technologies and detection of novel pollutants, to management and policy making. The discussion strives to develop an integrated approach to solving the associated problems by simultaneously considering sociological, ecological and economic aspects. Special focus is on the environmental management systems that should be integrated in the processes of environmental risk assessment. Also addressed are other technologies applied in the service of detecting, preventing and monitoring possible threats to food security and safety. With its variety of subjects, this volume can serve both as a textbook for advanced studies and as a useful reference source for professionals. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Defending the Safety of the Global Food System: Advances in Food Security and Safety....Pages 1-9 Food Safety System in Croatia....Pages 11-24 Bioactive Compounds of Georgian National Food: Determination of Antioxidant Activity....Pages 25-31 Eco-Friendly Food Processing: 21st Century Challenges....Pages 33-44 REACH Regulation – A Prerequisite for Health and Environmental Safety: Lithuanian Case....Pages 45-58 Evolution, Efficiency and Challenges of Environmental Management in Bulgarian Agriculture....Pages 59-71 Environmental Security and Its Economical Aspect....Pages 73-80 Sustainable Strategies of Phytoremediation of the Sites Polluted with Obsolete Pesticides....Pages 81-89 Innovative Method for Utilization of Wastewater for Security and Safety in Rural Areas....Pages 91-100 Three Stage Biotechnology for the Rehabilitation of Soils Polluted with Explosives....Pages 101-115 Transfer of Radionuclides to Crops, Foodstuff Contamination and Application of Countermeasures....Pages 117-127 Sustainability of Mining Waste in Basin Bor, Serbia....Pages 129-136 Electrolyzer for Production of Environmentally Safe Functional Aqueous Solutions: Analysis of Mass Transfer in Annulus....Pages 137-144 Electrochemical Incineration of Some Phenolic Compounds and MTBE....Pages 145-154 The Status of Research on Constructed Wetlands....Pages 155-171 Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Land Cover Within the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Mississippi, USA....Pages 173-188 Protecting and Improving Water Quality in Vojvodina....Pages 189-202 Public Health Risks and Economic Impact of Counterfeit Medicines....Pages 203-212 Patients Practice and Knowledge of Pharmaceuticals Disposal: Example from Some Rural Areas of Croatia....Pages 213-217 Endemic (Balkan) Nephropathy: A Disease Caused by Aristolochic Acid....Pages 219-227 Catastrophe Medicine and Environmental Security: The Dietary Grape Polyphenol Concentrate Enoant as Functional Food in Prevention and Treatment....Pages 229-239 Thinner Exposure and Memory and Learning Deficits....Pages 241-249 Environmental and Drug Induced Renal Damage; The Way to Protect....Pages 251-260 Conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Croatia....Pages 261-269 Back Matter....Pages 271-272