Impact of Pollution on Animal Products (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security)

The international advanced research workshop funded by NATO and entitled “impact of pollutions on animal and animal products” was organized at Almaty (Kazakhstan) on 27–30 September 2007. Thirty-one scientists from 12 countries (Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Russia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Romania and Morocco) presented conferences at this meeting to share their experience and results. The programme included three main aspects: (i) generality on the pollution situation in Central Asia and former Soviet Union republics, (ii) the pollution area and pollution origin in Central Asia and Western countries in relation with animal health, and (iii) the relationships between soil contamination, plant contamination and animal products status. The present workshop contributed highly to the exchange between scientists giving the opportunity for researchers from Central Asia to access to new scientific approaches and methodologies, and for European scientists to assess the extent of the environmental problems in this part of the world. No doubt that these exchanges were the main success of the workshop marked by very stimulating discussions. Such meeting was also the opportunity to put on the first stone of a scientific network focused on the subject of the workshop. The importance of pollution in Central Asia in general and in Kazakhstan in p- ticular is a well-known feature and several references are available on the source and localization of pollution problems in those countries. The references are also abundant on the impact of the environmental failures on human health. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Study of Composition and Properties of Oil Pollution....Pages 3-12 The Problem of Food-Products Safety in Kazakh Republic....Pages 13-16 Analytical Measurement and Levels of Dioxins and PCBs in Biological Samples....Pages 17-39 Expired and Prohibited Pesticides Problem in Ukraine....Pages 41-45 Assessing the Hazards of Radiological and Environmental Factors for the Public Health in the Western Kazakhstan....Pages 47-51 Organic Pollutants in Animal Products....Pages 55-62 Dairy Livestock Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Their Transfer to Milk: A Review....Pages 63-83 Hydrotelluric and Industrial Fluorosis Survey in the Dromedary Camel in the South of Morocco....Pages 85-90 Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, and Lead in Sheep Grazing in North Jordan....Pages 91-96 Trace Elements and Heavy Metals Status in Arabian Camel....Pages 97-106 Plant, Water and Milk Pollution in Kazakhstan....Pages 107-116 Heavy Metals and Trace Elements Content in Camel Milk and Shubat from Kazakhstan....Pages 117-123 Variation Factors of Some Minerals in Camel Milk....Pages 125-132 Selenium and Poultry Products: Nutritional and Safety Implications....Pages 133-141 Effect of Excess Selenium on Dromedary Camel in the United Arab Emirates....Pages 143-146 Contamination by Persistent Chemical Pesticides in Livestock Production Systems....Pages 147-162 Assessing the Extent of Pollutant Accumulation in the Animal Foods and Blood of Individuals Inhabiting the Azgyr Test Base Area....Pages 163-168 Organochlorine Pollution of Mariculture Objects of the Crimea Coastal Area (Black Sea)....Pages 169-176 Aflatoxin Contamination Risk: Bioactive Natural Compounds for Animal Health and Healthy Food....Pages 177-184 Impact of Some Microelements on Animal Health and Performances in Azerbaijan....Pages 185-192 Uranium Pollution of Meat in Tien-Shan....Pages 193-197 Synthesis and Recommendations....Pages 199-202 Back Matter....Pages 203-205 The importance of pollution in Central Asia is a well-known feature but references mainly concern the impact of environmental failures on human health. The role of animals at the interface of the contamination of resources for animal feeding and drinking, and human consumption of animal products has been little studied. Yet, animals play three roles in the links between environment and human health: (i) they are the final receptor of pollutants and, therefore, can be affected by the chronic or acute toxicity of organic and non-organic pollutants present in their environment or in their food,)