Laten we ervoor zorgen dat de historische evenals de huidige onrechtvaardigheden worden aangepakt

We beschikken reeds geruime tijd over relevante en essentiële planetaire grenswaarden voor de klimaatverandering, voor het verlies aan biodiversiteit, voor de verstoringen van de elementcycli, en nog voor enkele andere indicatoren. Die limieten mochten we niet overschrijden; maar daar hielden we geen rekening mee en nu dreigt een nooit geziene humanitaire catastrofe.
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Dioxins levels in fertilizers from Belgium: Determination and Evaluation of the Potential Impact on Soil Contamination

Dioxins are harmful persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to which humans are exposed mostly via the consumption of animal products. They can enter the food chain at any stage, including crop fertilization. Fertilizers belong to several categories: synthetic chemicals providing the essential elements (mostly N, P and K) that are required by the crops but also
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A predictive algorithm for the global migration testing of food contact moulds

For reasons of food safety, packaging and food contact materials must be submitted to migration tests. Testing of silicone moulds is often very laborious, since three replicate tests are required to decide about their compliancy. This paper presents a general modelling framework to predict the sample’s compliance or non-compliance using results of the first two
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Assessment of the chemical contamination in home-produced eggs in Belgium: general overview of the CONTEGG study

This overview paper describes a study conducted for the Belgian Federal Public Service of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment during 2006–2007. Home-produced eggs from Belgian private owners of hens were included in a large study aiming to determine concentration levels of various environmental contaminants. By means of the analyses of soil samples and of
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Reliability of N flux rates estimated from 15N enrichment and dilution experiments in aquatic systems

This paper investigates the estimation behavior of six increasingly complex 15N models, for estimating flux rates between phytoplankton and dissolved N pools in aquatic ecosystems. The development of these models over the last 40 years reflects increasing realism in the pools and fluxes that constitute the N cycle. The purpose of this paper is to
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