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

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Series C: Environmental Security

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

edited by

Ksenija VitaleMedical School, School of Public Health “A. Stampar”, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Published in Cooperation with NATO Emerging Security Challenges Division

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Environmental and Food Security for South-East Europe and Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine17–19 May 2011

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Preface

Food and drinking water represent fundamental human needs and access to them constitutes a basic human right. Safe and secure food and drinking water supply became the priority and challenge of modern society as well as important issues determining global and regional security and stability.

The workshop relates to these problems with a novel approach, emphasizing the intimate interrelationship between the food safety/security and the state of the envi-ronment. Observation of the food safety/security and preservation of the environ-ment are strategic issues for every country, as reduced access to the clean environment and associated with that scarcity and poor quality of food and water, causing adverse health effects, could create sense of insecurity among population, political and social tension and, in extreme cases, violence or even war.

Although the above conditions indicate the global trends, the problems with environmental and food safety and security are most vividly manifested in con-densed form in South-East Europe and Ukraine. Having one of the best climates in the world suitable for diversifi ed agriculture (including subtropical zones in Crimea, Adriatic and Mediterranean) and agriculturally-minded population, South-East Europe and Ukraine could signifi cantly contribute into the wellness of global population.

Also, this ARW was strategically scheduled to be one of the events commemo-rating 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, which took place in Ukraine in April 1986 and had an enormous regional and global environmental and public health impact.

The primary focus of the workshop was on maintaining the food and drinking water safety and security through the improving of environment and implementa-tion of the clean products and processes principles. The main discussed topics were:

Environmental preservation and improving of ecological situation in South-East –Europe and Ukraine for sustainable food and drinking water production; safety and sustainable development of regional agro industrial complexes;

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Policy making in the areas of environmental and health protection and crisis –response; Biomonitoring as a tool for reliable risk assessment; – Contamination as a threat to environmental safety, food quality and public –health; Best practice in use of advanced methods and tools for cleaning, purifi cation and –special treatment of food, water and soil; Novel methods and technologies of water treatment for use in various areas of –agriculture, industry and public health; Prevention of and emergency responses to adverse public health conditions and –outbreaks of diseases; Progress in modern biology, especially in biosafety and biosecurity issues; coop- –eration in science and security in South-East Europe and Ukraine.

The above described topics are covered in the book, but unfortunately book can never refl ect the passionate discussion and exchange of ideas during the workshop and informal meetings. Still we believe that book will become important source of information for the scientifi c community and policy makers.

NATO Advanced Research Workshop “Environmental and Food Security for South-East Europe and Ukraine” was held in Dnipropetrovs‘k, Ukraine on May 17–19, 2011. The location of the ARW was chosen quite deliberately. The city of Dnipropetrovs’k was located on the banks of the Dnieper River, the Ukrainian main water transport artery and a major source of water for industrial, agricultural and household use. Being the third largest city in Ukraine with population of one million people, Dnepropetrovsk is a pivotal political, industrial, agricultural and educational centre of Ukraine. It shares all the environmental and public health problems, which are characteristic to modern Ukraine. The workshop brought together scientists and specialists with extensive expertise within environmental and food technologies and public health from a range of NATO and Partner countries. Forty eight participants from 15 countries including Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Turkey, Ukraine and USA attended the meeting. Invited key speakers, specialists and young scientists dis-cussed problems related to food and drinking water safety and security crating at the same time collaborative links between scientists and specialists from NATO and Partner countries, and establishing a network of stakeholders to foster further col-laboration and the exchange of ideas.

In the end the editor, on her behalf and on the behalf of all the authors, express their deep gratitude to NATO Science Affairs Division for the moral, professional and no less important fi nancial support, which made possible, organization of this event.

The Editor

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Contents

1 Defending the Safety of the Global Food System: Advances in Food Security and Safety .................................................. 1Hami Alpas and Taylan Kiymaz

2 Food Safety System in Croatia ............................................................... 11Maja Miskulin, Jurislav Babic, Dinko Puntaric, and Jelena Djugum

3 Bioactive Compounds of Georgian National Food: Determination of Antioxidant Activity ................................................. 25Edisher Kvesitadze, Armaz Shalashvili, Nani Mchedlishvili, Nino Omiadze, Levan Gulua, Marine Abutidze, and Giorgi Kvesitadze

4 Eco-Friendly Food Processing: 21st Century Challenges ................... 33Mladen Brnčić

5 REACH Regulation – A Prerequisite for Health and Environmental Safety: Lithuanian Case ....................................... 45Jurgis Kazimieras Staniškis, Jolita Kruopiene, and Jolanta Dvarioniene

6 Evolution, Effi ciency and Challenges of Environmental Management in Bulgarian Agriculture ................................................. 59Hrabrin Bachev

7 Environmental Security and Its Economical Aspect ........................... 73Ganna Kharlamova

8 Sustainable Strategies of Phytoremediation of the Sites Polluted with Obsolete Pesticides .......................................................... 81Lidiya Moklyachuk, Vitalina Petryshyna, Olena Slobodenyuk, and Yuliia Zatsarinna

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9 Innovative Method for Utilization of Wastewater for Security and Safety in Rural Areas ...................................................................... 91Hanna Obarska-Pempkowiak, Magdalena Gajewska, and Ewa Wojciechowska

10 Three Stage Biotechnology for the Rehabilitation of Soils Polluted with Explosives ......................................................................... 101Giorgi Kvesitadze

11 Transfer of Radionuclides to Crops, Foodstuff Contaminationand Application of Countermeasures .................................................... 117Gerassimos Arapis

12 Sustainability of Mining Waste in Basin Bor, Serbia ........................... 129Zoran S. Markovic

13 Electrolyzer for Production of Environmentally Safe Functional Aqueous Solutions: Analysis of Mass Transfer in Annulus ................................................................................ 137Elena N. Gnatko, Vasilij I. Kravets, Elena V. Leschenko, Volodymyr K. Rybalachenko, Alexander Omelchenko, and Mohammed Aider

14 Electrochemical Incineration of Some Phenolic Compounds and MTBE ............................................................................................... 145Alexander Velichenko, Tatiana Luk’yanenko, Larisa Dmitrikova, and Rossano Amadelli

15 The Status of Research on Constructed Wetlands ............................... 155Peter Kuschk, Arndt Wiessner, Eva M. Seeger, Matthias Kästner, Uwe Kappelmeyer, Diego Paredes, and Natalia I. Shtemenko

16 Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Land Cover Within the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Mississippi, USA .................................................. 173Eric D. Evans, Yerramilli Anjaneyulu, and Paul B. Tchnouwou

17 Protecting and Improving Water Quality in Vojvodina ...................... 189Vesela Radovic

18 Public Health Risks and Economic Impact of Counterfeit Medicines ........................................................................ 203Bram Ramjiawan, Angela Ramjiawan, Paramjit S. Tappia, and Grant N. Pierce

19 Patients Practice and Knowledge of Pharmaceuticals Disposal: Example from Some Rural Areas of Croatia ....................... 213Ksenija Vitale, Magdalena Palian, Danijela Jonjic, Marko Milic, Slavica Sovic, and Aleksandar Dzakula

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20 Endemic (Balkan) Nephropathy: A Disease Caused by Aristolochic Acid ................................................................................ 219Bojan Jelaković, Živka Dika, and Arthur P. Grollman

21 Catastrophe Medicine and Environmental Security: The Dietary Grape Polyphenol Concentrate Enoant as Functional Food in Prevention and Treatment ................................ 229Vladimir I. Mizin and Yuriy A. Ogay

22 Thinner Exposure and Memory and Learning Defi cits ...................... 241Victor Nedzvetskii, Svetlana Kyrychenko, and Giyasettin Baydas

23 Environmental and Drug Induced Renal Damage; The Way to Protect ................................................................................. 251Svetlana Babiy, Olga Dyomshyna, Tatiana Loskutova, and Natalia I. Shtemenko

24 Conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Croatia ............... 261Zlatko Šatović, Klaudija Carović-Stanko, Martina Grdiša, Marija Jug-Dujaković, Ivan Kolak, and Zlatko Liber

Index ................................................................................................................. 271

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Contributors

Marine Abutidze Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Georgian Agrarian University , David Agmasheneblis Kheivani, 10 km, Tbilisi , Georgia

Mohammed Aider Department of Food Engineering, Laval University , Quebec , QC, G1V 0A6 , Canada

Hami Alpas Department of Food Engineering , Middle East Technical University , Ankara , 06531 , Turkey

Rossano Amadelli ISOF-CNR, c/o Department of Chemistry, Università di Ferrara , via L.Borsari 46 , 44100 Ferrara , Italy

Yerramilli Anjaneyulu Trent Lott Geospatial Research & Visualization Center; College of Science, Engineering and Technology , Jackson State University , 1400 Lynch Street , P.O. Box 18540 , Jackson , MS 39217, USA

Gerassimos Arapis Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Sciences – Agricultural University of Athens , Ieraodos 75, 11855 Athens , Greece

Jurislav Babic Faculty of Food Technology in Osijek , Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek , Franje Kuhača 20, 31000 Osijek , Croatia

Svetlana Babiy Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Oles Gonchar Dnipropetrovs’k National University , 72 Gagarin Avenue , 49050 Dnipropetrovs’k , Ukraine

Hrabrin Bachev Institute of Agricultural Economics , 125 Tzarigradsko Shose Blvd., Blok 1, Sofi a 1113 , Bulgaria

Giyasettin Baydas Department of Physiology, Bingol University , Dnipropetrovs’k , Turkey

Mladen Brnčić Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Thermodynamics, R&D Centre for Ultrasound Applications in Food Technology and Biotechnology , University of Zagreb , Pierotti St.6 , Zagreb , Croatia

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Klaudija Carović-Stanko Faculty of Agriculture, Department for Seed Science and Technology , University of Zagreb , Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb , Croatia

Živka Dika University of Zagreb School of Medicine , Šalata 3 , Zagreb 10 000 , Croatia

Department of Nephrology , Arterial Hypertension and Dialysis, University Hospital Center Zagreb , Kišpatićeva 12 , Zagreb 10 000 , Croatia

Jelena Djugum Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Ulica grada Vukovara 78 , 10000 Zagreb , Croatia

Larisa Dmitrikova Department of Organic Chemistry, Dnipropetrov’sk National University , 72 Gagarin Avenue , 49050 Dnipropetrov’sk , Ukraine

Jolanta Dvarioniene Kaunas University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Engineering (APINI), Donelaičio g. 20 , Kaunas LT-44261 , Lithuania

Olga Dyomshyna Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry , Oles Gonchar Dnipropetrovs’k National University , 72 Gagarin Avenue , 49050 Dnipropetrovs’k , Ukraine

Aleksandar Dzakula University of Zagreb, Medical School, School of Public Health “A.Stampar”, Rockefeller St 4 , Zagreb , Croatia

Eric D. Evans Department of Biology, NIH RCMI-Center for Environmental Health , Jackson State University , 1400 Lynch Street, P.O. Box 18540 , Jackson , MS 39217 , USA

Magdalena Gajewska Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Gdansk University of Technology , Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk , Poland

Elena N. Gnatko Ukrainian State University for Chemical Engineering, Dnepropetrovsk 49005 , Ukraine

Martina Grdiša Faculty of Agriculture, Department for Seed Science and Technology, University of Zagreb , Svetošimunska 25 , HR-10000 Zagreb , Croatia

Arthur P. Grollman Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences , Stony Brook University , 101 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook , NY 11794 , USA

Levan Gulua Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Georgian Agrarian University , David Agmasheneblis Kheivani, 10 km, Tbilisi , Georgia

Bojan Jelaković University of Zagreb School of Medicine , Šalata 3 , Zagreb 10 000 , Croatia

Department of Nephrology , Arterial Hypertension and Dialysis, University Hospital Center Zagreb , Kišpatićeva 12 , Zagreb 10 000 , Croatia

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Danijela Jonjic Croatian Pharmaceutical Chamber, Martićeva 27 , Zagreb , Croatia

Marija Jug-Dujaković Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation , Put Duilova 11, HR-21000 Split , Croatia

Uwe Kappelmeyer Department of Environmental Biotechnology , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ , Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig , Germany

Matthias Kästner Department of Environmental Biotechnology , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ , Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig , Germany

Ganna Kharlamova Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University , Kiev , Ukraine

Taylan Kiymaz State Planning Organization , Ankara , Turkey

Ivan Kolak Faculty of Agriculture, Department for Seed Science and Technology , University of Zagreb , Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb , Croatia

Vasilij I. Kravets Ukrainian State University for Chemical Engineering, Dnepropetrovsk 49005 , Ukraine

Jolita Kruopiene Kaunas University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Engineering (APINI), Donelaičio g. 20 , Kaunas LT-44261 , Lithuania

Peter Kuschk Department of Environmental Biotechnology , Helmholtz Centrefor Environmental Research – UFZ , Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig , Germany

Edisher Kvesitadze Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Georgian Agrarian University , David Agmasheneblis Kheivani, 10 km, Tbilisi , Georgia

Giorgi Kvesitadze Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Georgian Agrarian University, David Agmasheneblis Kheivani, 10 km , Tbilisi , Georgia

Svetlana Kyrychenko Department of Biopysics and Biochemistry, Oles Gonchar Dnipropetrovs’k National University , Dnipropetrovs’k , Ukraine

Elena V. Leschenko Ukrainian State University for Chemical Engineering, Dnepropetrovsk 49005 , Ukraine

Zlatko Liber Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Botanical Garden , University of Zagreb , Marulićev trg 9a, HR-10000 Zagreb , Croatia

Tatiana Loskutova Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy , Dnipropetrovsk , Ukraine

Tatiana Luk’yanenko Department of Physical Chemistry, Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology, Gagarin Ave. 8 , 49005 Dnipropetrov’sk , Ukraine

Zoran S. Markovic University of Belgrade – Technical Faculty in Bor , V.J.12 19210 BOR , Serbia

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Nani Mchedlishvili Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Georgian Agrarian University , David Agmasheneblis Kheivani, 10 km, Tbilisi , Georgia

Marko Milic Special Orthopedic Hospital Biograd n/m , Zadarska 62, Biograd n/m , Croatia

Maja Miskulin School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek , Josipa Huttlera 4 , 31000 Osijek , Croatia

Vladimir I. Mizin National Institute for Vine and Wine “Magarach” , Yalta , Crimea , Ukraine

Lidiya Moklyachuk Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Economy of National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine , Metrologicna St. 12 , Kyiv 03143 , Ukraine

Victor Nedzvetskii Department of Biopysics and Biochemistry, Oles Gonchar Dnipropetrovs’k National University , Dnipropetrovs’k , Ukraine

Hanna Obarska-Pempkowiak Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Gdansk University of Technology , Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk , Poland

Yuriy A. Ogay National Institute for Vine and Wine “Magarach” , Yalta , Crimea , Ukraine

Nino Omiadze Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Georgian Agrarian University , David Agmasheneblis Kheivani, 10 km, Tbilisi , Georgia

Alexander Omelchenko University of Manitoba , Winnipeg MB , Canada

Magdalena Palian University of Zagreb, Medical School, School of Public Health “A.Stampar” , Rockefeller St 4 , Zagreb , Croatia

Diego Paredes Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales , Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira , Apartado Aereo 97 , Sede la Julita, Pereira , Colombia

Vitalina Petryshyna Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Economy of National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine , Metrologicna St. 12 , Kyiv 03143 , Ukraine

Grant N. Pierce Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics , St Boniface Hospital Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Offi ce of Clinical Research, Asper Clinical Research Institute , R1003-351 Tache Avenue , Winnipeg , Canada

Dinko Puntaric School of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek , Josipa Huttlera 4, 31000 , Osijek , Croatia

Vesela Radovic Faculty of Environmental Protection and Corporative Governance, Vojvode Putnika , University of EDUCONS , Vojvode Putnika St. , Sremska Kamenica , Vojvodina , Serbia

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Angela Ramjiawan St Boniface Hospital Research Centre , 351 Tache Avenue , Winnipeg , MB R2H 2A6 , Canada

Bram Ramjiawan Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics , St Boniface Hospital Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Offi ce of Clinical Research, Asper Clinical Research Institute , R1003-351 Tache Avenue , Winnipeg , Canada

Volodymyr K. Rybalachenko Taras Shevchenko National University , Kiev , Ukraine

Zlatko Šatović Faculty of Agriculture, Department for Seed Science and Technology , University of Zagreb , Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb , Croatia

Eva M. Seeger Department of Environmental Biotechnology , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ , Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig , Germany

Armaz Shalashvili Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnologyof Georgian Agrarian University , David Agmasheneblis Kheivani, 10 km, Tbilisi , Georgia

Natalia I. Shtemenko Dniepropetrovsk National University , 49050 Dniepropetrovsk , 72 Gagarin Avenue , Ukraine

Olena Slobodenyuk Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Economyof National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine , Metrologicna St. 12 , Kyiv 03143 , Ukraine

Slavica Sovic University of Zagreb, Medical School, School of Public Health “A.Stampar” , Rockefeller St 4 , Zagreb , Croatia

Jurgis Kazimieras Staniškis Kaunas University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Engineering (APINI), Donelaičio g. 20 , Kaunas LT-44261 , Lithuania

Paramjit S. Tappia St Boniface Hospital Research Centre , 351 Tache Avenue , Winnipeg , MB R2H 2A6 , Canada

Paul B. Tchnouwou Department of Biology, NIH RCMI-Center for Environmental Health , Jackson State University , 1400 Lynch Street, P.O. Box 18540 , Jackson , MS 39217 , USA

Alexander Velichenko Department of Physical Chemistry, Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology , Gagarin Ave. 8 , 49005 Dnipropetrov’sk , Ukraine

Ksenija Vitale University of Zagreb, Medical School, School of Public Health “A.Stampar” , Rockefeller St 4 , Zagreb , Croatia

Arndt Wiessner Department of Environmental Biotechnology , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ , Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig , Germany

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Ewa Wojciechowska Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Gdansk University of Technology , Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk , Poland

Yuliia Zatsarinna Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Economy of National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Metrologicna St. 12 , Kyiv 03143 , Ukraine