Climate change and the health impact of aflatoxins exposure in Portugal: an overview

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Autor(a) principal: Assunção, Ricardo
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Martins, Carla, Viegas, Susana, Viegas, Carla, Jakobsen, Lea S., Pires, Sara, Alvito, Paula
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/8183
Resumo: Climate change has been indicated as a driver for food safety issues worldwide, mainly due to the impact on the occurrence of food safety hazards at various stages of the food chain. Mycotoxins, natural contaminants produced by fungi, are among the most important of such hazards. Aflatoxins, which have the highest acute and chronic toxicity of all mycotoxins, assume particular importance. A recent study predicted aflatoxin contamination in maize and wheat crops in Europe within the next 100 years and aflatoxin B1 is predicted to become a food safety issue in Europe, especially in the most probable scenario of climate change (+2 °C). This review discusses the potential influence of climate change on the health risk associated with aflatoxins dietary exposure of Portuguese population. We estimated the burden of disease associated with the current aflatoxin exposure for Portuguese population in terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). It is expected that in the future the number of DALYs and the associated cases of hepatocellular carcinoma due to aflatoxins exposure will increase due to climate change. The topics highlighted through this review, including the potential impact on the health of the Portuguese population through the dietary exposure to aflatoxins, should represent an alert for the potential consequences of an incompletely explored perspective of climate change. Politics and decision-makers should be involved and committed to implementing effective measures to deal with climate change issues and to reduce its possible consequences. This review constitutes a contribution to the prioritization of strategies to face the unequal burden of effects of weather-related hazards in Portugal and across Europe.
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spelling Climate change and the health impact of aflatoxins exposure in Portugal: an overviewOccupational exposureClimate changeAflatoxinRisk assessmentHealth-impactPortugalClimate change has been indicated as a driver for food safety issues worldwide, mainly due to the impact on the occurrence of food safety hazards at various stages of the food chain. Mycotoxins, natural contaminants produced by fungi, are among the most important of such hazards. Aflatoxins, which have the highest acute and chronic toxicity of all mycotoxins, assume particular importance. A recent study predicted aflatoxin contamination in maize and wheat crops in Europe within the next 100 years and aflatoxin B1 is predicted to become a food safety issue in Europe, especially in the most probable scenario of climate change (+2 °C). This review discusses the potential influence of climate change on the health risk associated with aflatoxins dietary exposure of Portuguese population. We estimated the burden of disease associated with the current aflatoxin exposure for Portuguese population in terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). It is expected that in the future the number of DALYs and the associated cases of hepatocellular carcinoma due to aflatoxins exposure will increase due to climate change. The topics highlighted through this review, including the potential impact on the health of the Portuguese population through the dietary exposure to aflatoxins, should represent an alert for the potential consequences of an incompletely explored perspective of climate change. Politics and decision-makers should be involved and committed to implementing effective measures to deal with climate change issues and to reduce its possible consequences. This review constitutes a contribution to the prioritization of strategies to face the unequal burden of effects of weather-related hazards in Portugal and across Europe.Taylor & FrancisRCIPLAssunção, RicardoMartins, CarlaViegas, SusanaViegas, CarlaJakobsen, Lea S.Pires, SaraAlvito, Paula2018-03-02T09:47:56Z2018-082018-08-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/8183engAssunção R, Martins C, Viegas S, Viegas C, Jakobsen LS, Pires S, et al. Climate change and the health impact of aflatoxins exposure in Portugal: an overview. Food Addit Contam Part A. 2018;35(8):1610-21.10.1080/19440049.2018.1447691info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-08-03T09:55:14Zoai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/8183Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:16:59.480111Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Climate change and the health impact of aflatoxins exposure in Portugal: an overview
title Climate change and the health impact of aflatoxins exposure in Portugal: an overview
spellingShingle Climate change and the health impact of aflatoxins exposure in Portugal: an overview
Assunção, Ricardo
Occupational exposure
Climate change
Aflatoxin
Risk assessment
Health-impact
Portugal
title_short Climate change and the health impact of aflatoxins exposure in Portugal: an overview
title_full Climate change and the health impact of aflatoxins exposure in Portugal: an overview
title_fullStr Climate change and the health impact of aflatoxins exposure in Portugal: an overview
title_full_unstemmed Climate change and the health impact of aflatoxins exposure in Portugal: an overview
title_sort Climate change and the health impact of aflatoxins exposure in Portugal: an overview
author Assunção, Ricardo
author_facet Assunção, Ricardo
Martins, Carla
Viegas, Susana
Viegas, Carla
Jakobsen, Lea S.
Pires, Sara
Alvito, Paula
author_role author
author2 Martins, Carla
Viegas, Susana
Viegas, Carla
Jakobsen, Lea S.
Pires, Sara
Alvito, Paula
author2_role author
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author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Assunção, Ricardo
Martins, Carla
Viegas, Susana
Viegas, Carla
Jakobsen, Lea S.
Pires, Sara
Alvito, Paula
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Occupational exposure
Climate change
Aflatoxin
Risk assessment
Health-impact
Portugal
topic Occupational exposure
Climate change
Aflatoxin
Risk assessment
Health-impact
Portugal
description Climate change has been indicated as a driver for food safety issues worldwide, mainly due to the impact on the occurrence of food safety hazards at various stages of the food chain. Mycotoxins, natural contaminants produced by fungi, are among the most important of such hazards. Aflatoxins, which have the highest acute and chronic toxicity of all mycotoxins, assume particular importance. A recent study predicted aflatoxin contamination in maize and wheat crops in Europe within the next 100 years and aflatoxin B1 is predicted to become a food safety issue in Europe, especially in the most probable scenario of climate change (+2 °C). This review discusses the potential influence of climate change on the health risk associated with aflatoxins dietary exposure of Portuguese population. We estimated the burden of disease associated with the current aflatoxin exposure for Portuguese population in terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). It is expected that in the future the number of DALYs and the associated cases of hepatocellular carcinoma due to aflatoxins exposure will increase due to climate change. The topics highlighted through this review, including the potential impact on the health of the Portuguese population through the dietary exposure to aflatoxins, should represent an alert for the potential consequences of an incompletely explored perspective of climate change. Politics and decision-makers should be involved and committed to implementing effective measures to deal with climate change issues and to reduce its possible consequences. This review constitutes a contribution to the prioritization of strategies to face the unequal burden of effects of weather-related hazards in Portugal and across Europe.
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