SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF RECYCLED PLASTICS FROM POST-CONSUMER WASTE WITH A COMBINATION OF A MINIATURIZED AMES TEST AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

Safety Assessment of Recycled Plastics from Post-Consumer Waste with a Combination of a Miniaturized Ames Test and Chromatographic Analysis

European circular economy goals require the use of recycled polymers in sensitive applications such as food packaging.As plastic recyclates can contain unknown post-consumer substances, the European Food Safety Authority evaluates recycling processes using a worst-case assumption: all contaminants are DNA-reactive mutagens/carcinogens with extremel

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The burden of vitamin D deficiency in household members of children presenting with symptomatic vitamin D deficiency

BackgroundMicronutrient deficiencies are common among household/family members due to shared lifestyle and dietary habits.The extent of biochemical abnormalities in household members of children presenting with symptomatic vitamin D deficiency remains unknown.AimInvestigate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and biochemical osteomalacia in the

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