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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.
Water is essential for life, a strategic resource for every country
and population. Its availability and sanitary safety is highly
connected with the health and economy status of population. Burden
of disease due to polluted water is a major public health problem
throughout the world. Many pollutants in water streams have been
identified as toxic and harmful to the environment and human
health, and among them arsenic, mercury and cadmium are considered
as high priority ones. Providing population with safe drinking
water became the priority and at the same time a big challenge for
the modern society. Many funding agencies in various countries have
assigned a high priority to the envir- mental security and
pollution prevention. UN, being one of them, launched the
"International Decade for Action: Water for life 2005-2015. "
Therefore, today's political and social climate presents an
important opportunity to implement principles of sustainable
development and to preserve resources essential for future life.
This process requires interdisciplinary approach; it is critically
important to stimulate interactions between medical doctors,
chemists, physicist, materials scientists, engineers and policy
makers, which are already experienced in their specific areas. It
is also our ethical obligation to preserve existing water resources
and existing eco systems enhancing their biodiversity. The NATO
Advanced Research Workshop "Water Treatment Te- nologies for the
Removal of High-Toxicity Pollutants" took place on September 13-17,
2008 in Ko ice, Slovak Republic."
Water is essential for life, a strategic resource for every country
and population. Its availability and sanitary safety is highly
connected with the health and economy status of population. Burden
of disease due to polluted water is a major public health problem
throughout the world. Many pollutants in water streams have been
identified as toxic and harmful to the environment and human
health, and among them arsenic, mercury and cadmium are considered
as high priority ones. Providing population with safe drinking
water became the priority and at the same time a big challenge for
the modern society. Many funding agencies in various countries have
assigned a high priority to the envir- mental security and
pollution prevention. UN, being one of them, launched the
"International Decade for Action: Water for life 2005-2015. "
Therefore, today's political and social climate presents an
important opportunity to implement principles of sustainable
development and to preserve resources essential for future life.
This process requires interdisciplinary approach; it is critically
important to stimulate interactions between medical doctors,
chemists, physicist, materials scientists, engineers and policy
makers, which are already experienced in their specific areas. It
is also our ethical obligation to preserve existing water resources
and existing eco systems enhancing their biodiversity. The NATO
Advanced Research Workshop "Water Treatment Te- nologies for the
Removal of High-Toxicity Pollutants" took place on September 13-17,
2008 in Ko ice, Slovak Republic."
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.
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