Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Wojciech Koch, Marcin Czop, Katarzyna Ilowiecka, Agnieszka Nawrocka, Dariusz Wiacek
Summary: This study evaluates the contribution of different food groups to the intake of toxic heavy metals. The results show a potential risk of nephrotoxicity from dietary intake of lead. The intake of other metals is below safety limits. Cereals and vegetables are major contributors to the intake of heavy metals, while fish is not a significant source.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hai Duc Nguyen, Hojin Oh, Ngoc Hong Minh Hoang, Won Hee Jo, Min-Sun Kim
Summary: The study found that females are more likely to suffer from depression, while elevated serum cadmium levels are associated with an increased risk of depression. On the other hand, doubling daily vitamin B1, B3, and vitamin A intakes can reduce the risk of depression.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Guowei Qin, Zhaodong Niu, Jiangdong Yu, Zhuohan Li, Jiaoyang Ma, Ping Xiang
Summary: This study comprehensively introduced the current status of agricultural soil pollution by heavy metals in China, analyzed the main sources of contaminants and remediation technologies, and provided important insights for policymakers, environmental engineers, and agro-technicians.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Daniel Niebla-Canelo, Angel J. Gutierrez-Fernandez, Carmen Rubio-Armendariz, Arturo Hardisson, Dailos Gonzalez-Weller, Soraya Paz-Montelongo
Summary: Instant soups and noodles, commonly consumed commercial food products, may contain harmful toxic metals, especially in vegetable soups. The intake of these toxic metals in the 3-10 years age group may exceed recommended levels, making it not recommended for them. Consumption of instant soups by adults does not pose a health risk, but the impact of cooking water should be considered.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Mohammad Idreesh Khan, Md Faruque Ahmad, Irfan Ahmad, Fauzia Ashfaq, Shadma Wahab, Abdulrahman A. Alsayegh, Sachil Kumar, Khalid Rehman Hakeem
Summary: Dietary arsenic contamination is a major public health issue, with rice being a main source of exposure in South East Asian countries. The impact of arsenic exposure on health outcomes varies among different age groups, with arsenic being linked to a range of non-communicable diseases.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Yanjie Dong, Lei Wang, Da Cai, Chushu Zhang, Shancang Zhao
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the concentration and health risk of AFB(1), HMs, and PAEs in peanut samples in Shandong Province, China. It was found that 4.7% of samples were contaminated by AFB(1), but peanut consumption did not pose a significant risk of cancer. Additionally, peanut samples were contaminated by HMs and PAEs, but the health risk associated with peanut consumption among the local population was low.
JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Tianran Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Wei Li, Lin Wang, Yanni Jiao, Yuxin Wang, Dafeng Jiang, Xibao Gao
Summary: This study investigated the occurrence and dietary exposure of heavy metals in vegetables and fruits in Shandong Province, China. Results showed that cadmium was the most frequently found heavy metal, with relatively low health risk from vegetable consumption.
FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Maria Laura Ortiz, Alicia Moreno-Ortega, Horacio Eduardo Trulls, Fernando Camara-Martos
Summary: The study found that cooking rice in different containers can affect the content and bioaccessibility of Cr, Ni, and Pb. Furthermore, there was a negative correlation between dietary fiber content and bioaccessible concentrations of Cr and Pb, indicating potential health risks associated with the consumption of rice.
JOURNAL OF CEREAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ying Qing, Jianheng Zheng, TianRan Tang, Shichun Li, Shiyu Cao, Yingyi Luo, Yanfeng Chen, Wenting He, Jutao Wang, Yang Zhou, Chenchen Xu, Weiwen Zhang, Siyuan Ping, Meng Jiang, Dan Li, Yunhe Ji, Shuyu Yang, Jun Du, Yanfei Li
Summary: This study assessed the external and internal exposures to lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and total mercury (THg) in 1747 elderly people in Shanghai. The results showed that plant-based foods were the main source of Pb and THg exposure, while Cd was mainly from animal-based foods. The combined exposure to THMs led to 10.0% and 7.1% of Shanghai elderly being at risk of neurotoxicity and nephrotoxicity.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Marcello Scivicco, Jonathan Squillante, Salvatore Velotto, Francesco Esposito, Teresa Cirillo, Lorella Severino
Summary: This study quantified heavy metals and essential elements in honey from the Campania region of Italy and assessed the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks associated with honey ingestion. The results showed no significant differences among different areas of honey, but all three groups had potential carcinogenic risks for nickel, chromium, and arsenic, especially toddlers.
JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jerzy Falandysz, Daniela Meloni, Alwyn R. Fernandes, Michal Saniewski
Summary: The study investigated the effects of blanching, blanching and pickling, and maceration on the leaching of Cs-137 and K-40 from three edible bolete mushroom species. The results showed that these processing methods significantly decreased radioactivity levels in the mushrooms.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Maria Isabel Andrekowisk Fioravanti, Ana Paula Rebellato, Raquel Fernanda Milani, Marcelo Antonio Morgano, Adriana Pavesi Arisseto Bragotto
Summary: This study evaluated the presence of 11 elements with toxic potential in plant-based beverages in Brazil and assessed their dietary exposure and bioaccessibility. The levels of Al, Cr, Co, As, Cd, and Pb were within the limits, but higher levels of Ni, Mo, and Ba were found in some samples, indicating the need for monitoring.
JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kai Cui, Xiaohu Wu, Ying Zhang, Junli Cao, Dongmei Wei, Jun Xu, Fengshou Dong, Xingang Liu, Yongquan Zheng
Summary: The routine use of triazole fungicides on crops has shown agroeconomic benefits for over 40 years. However, residues of triazoles are found in various foods, posing a potential health risk to humans. A study in China found that while most food samples contained triazoles, the overall chronic and acute exposure risk was low. Children faced a greater dietary exposure risk, particularly in mandarin, grape, and cucumber.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Irina Kandic, Milan Kragovic, Jelena Petrovic, Peda Janackovic, Milan Gavrilovic, Milos Momcilovic, Marija Stojmenovic
Summary: The concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Ni, Hg, Pb) were investigated in 14 medicinal plants from different regions in Central Serbia. The daily intake of heavy metals through herbal infusion was below recommended limits by the World Health Organization and oral reference dose by the USA EPA. The potential risks of Cd, Cr, Ni, and Pb were low, but long-term usage of herbal infusions should be monitored due to the accumulation of heavy metals in the body.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Abdus Samad, Dulon Roy, Md. Mahmodul Hasan, Khondoker Shahin Ahmed, Smita Sarker, Md. Muzammel Hossain, Md. Shajahan
Summary: The concentrations of Cu, Pb, Fe, and Zn in hen eggs exceeded the maximum permissible limit, posing potential health risks. However, the evaluated foodstuffs showed low or less risk of exposure to heavy metals, indicating that they can be consumed with minimal risk.
ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Rahulkumar Maurya, Xinyu Zhu, Borja Valverde-Perez, Boda Ravi Kiran, Thiyam General, Suvigya Sharma, Anil Kumar Sharma, Marianne Thomsen, S. Venkata Mohan, Kaustubha Mohanty, Irini Angelidaki
Summary: This review article focuses on recent updates on remediating industrial wastewater through microalgae cultivation, discussing topics such as enhancing microalgae growth and remediation simultaneously by adding additional nutrients, utilizing nutrient-rich wastewater directly, and discussing various strategies and tools used for microalgae cultivation on industrial wastewater.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Benedetto Rugani, Edoardo Conticini, Bruno Frediani, Dario Caro
Summary: This study analyzed the impact of reducing energy demand on environmental issues during the 2020 lockdown periods in Italy, finding a general decrease in environmental impacts with reductions in fossil energy consumption. Specifically, during the first lockdown phase, the reduction was most significant, and an estimated 66 Disability Adjusted Life Years per 100,000 inhabitants could be saved.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Elisavet Angouria-Tsorochidou, Dominika Alexa Teigiserova, Marianne Thomsen
Summary: This study evaluates the environmental and economic performance of a decentralized biowaste management system, showing that a decentralized network design can provide environmental and economic benefits.
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Albert Kwame Osei-Owusu, Edgar Towa, Marianne Thomsen
Summary: Improving livestock feed efficiency and reducing food waste can lead to modest reductions in Denmark's global food-related GHG, blue water, and cropland footprints. However, the most significant reduction potential for Denmark's total global food-related GHG, blue water, croplands, and grassland footprints lies in dietary changes towards no/less meat and dairy diets. Therefore, nudging consumers towards sustainable diets should be a key policy priority.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Mikael S. Andersen, Lotte D. Christensen, Jakob Donner-Amnell, Per O. Eikeland, Barbara Hedeler, Roger Hildingsson, Bengt Johansson, Jamil Khan, Annica Kronsell, Tor H. J. Inderberg, Helle O. Nielsen, Massimo Pizzol, Rauno Sairinen, Jon B. Skjaerseth, Patrik Soderholm, Tuula Teravainen, Marianne Thomsen
Summary: This article reflects on three Nordic case studies and challenges the expectations that a circular bioeconomy can bridge the urban-rural divide and bring green growth to the hinterlands. It highlights the weak linkages at the regional level from increased biomass utilization, placing disadvantaged regions at a disadvantage. The article calls for measures to strengthen regional economic linkages, such as using benefit-sharing instruments to establish regional revolving funds.
BIOFUELS BIOPRODUCTS & BIOREFINING-BIOFPR
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dominika Alexa Teigiserova, Lorie Hamelin, Ligia Tiruta-Barna, Aras Ahmadi, Marianne Thomsen
Summary: This study evaluates the environmental performance of producing limonene, citric acid, and animal feed from orange peel waste generated from juice factories, showing that the environmental performance largely depends on electricity input. Stopping the biorefinery processes immediately after recovering limonene and using the dried OPW as animal feed is the most environmentally sound option.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Elisavet Angouria-Tsorochidou, Michele Seghetta, Anne Tremier, Marianne Thomsen
Summary: This study evaluates the environmental performance of three digestate utilization scenarios for bio-fertilizer production. The results show that digestate post-treatment is a sustainable solution that can decrease the loss of nitrogen and phosphorus, support circular nutrient management, and increase the substitution of mineral fertilizers.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Maddalen Ayala, Marianne Thomsen, Massimo Pizzol
Summary: The use of seaweed as a bioresource for plastic production is increasing, but the environmental impacts of this novel bioplastic are still unknown. This research evaluates the environmental impacts of producing a bioplastic film at an experimental pilot scale using Life Cycle Assessment. The analysis includes seaweed cultivation, alginate extraction, pilot-scale bioplastic film production, and different end-of-life pathways. Scenario modeling assesses the recirculation of seaweed co-products, and the analysis includes carbon balance and uncertainty analysis. The results identify film fabrication as the main hotspot at the pilot scale, primarily due to glycerol, with varying impacts depending on end-of-life options.
ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Sujita Pandey, Mausam Budhathoki, Kaixin Feng, Marianne Thomsen, Helene Christine Reinbach
Summary: This study segmented consumers and investigated their buying behavior towards surplus meals in canteens using the Theory of Reasoned Action. Four consumer segments were identified and factors influencing their intention and behavior were determined. The results can help guide policymakers, marketers, and practitioners in promoting surplus meals in canteens.
Article
Food Science & Technology
P. Toran-Pereg, M. Mora, M. Thomsen, Z. Palkova, S. Novoa, L. Vazquez-Araujo
Summary: To transition to more sustainable diets, understanding consumers' demands and expectations is essential. This exploratory research conducted an online survey in Spain, Slovakia, and Denmark, examining food choice motivations, the importance of product attributes, and consumer concepts of sustainability. The preliminary results revealed significant cross-cultural differences, suggesting the need to address these variations when developing strategies and promoting sustainable consumption habits.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GASTRONOMY AND FOOD SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Albert Kwame Osei-Owusu, Quentin D. Read, Marianne Thomsen
Summary: Food loss and waste contribute significantly to the global food system's burdens. This study explores the potential energy and environmental savings achievable by halving FLW in Europe by 2030. The findings reveal substantial environmental savings across Europe, with the greatest potential in Western Europe and surprising savings potential in countries with lower per capita GDP.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Sujita Pandey, Mausam Budhathoki, Federico Jose Armando Perez-Cueto, Marianne Thomsen
Summary: Understanding consumers' food waste behavior is crucial for sustainability. This study segmented consumers based on their food choice motives and investigated factors influencing food waste reduction behavior. The study identified four consumer segments and found that attitude, self-efficacy, and environmental concern significantly influenced behavioral intention and eventually food waste reduction behavior. The study suggests that improving attitudes and environmental concern while enhancing self-efficacy can positively influence food waste reduction behavior.
FOOD QUALITY AND PREFERENCE
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maddalen Ayala, Marianne Thomsen, Massimo Pizzol
Summary: Seaweed is considered a promising resource for producing high-value products, but the assessment of its environmental impact remains challenging. This study proposes and tests the use of quantitative storytelling to identify marginal suppliers.
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Michele Marini, Dario Caro, Marianne Thomsen
Summary: In recent decades, urban agriculture (UA) and controlled environmental agriculture (CEA) have been blossoming in urban areas around the world, providing fresh food and contributing to the sustainable development of urban landscapes. Municipal policies and regulatory tools play a crucial role in supporting and managing UA and CEA. However, there is a lack of systematic evaluations of the impacts and effectiveness of city-level food policies for UA/CEA, especially in Europe. This study aims to fill this gap by examining municipal policies that affect UA/CEA in four EU cities and analyzing the various policy instruments employed.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Katharina Henn, Xueqian Zhang, Marianne Thomsen, Asmund Rinnan, Wender L. P. Bredie
Summary: Pulses have the potential for sustainable production and consumption, but consumers have limited knowledge about plant-based foods. A survey shows that people generally associate pulses with health and naturalness, but do not prioritize sustainability. Results also indicate that there are minimal differences in the environmental impact of different pulse types, a fact that consumers are unaware of, as they tend to perceive uncommon pulses as more sustainable. Clear communication is therefore necessary to enhance consumer awareness.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
