25^th European Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Food Toxicology

The major causes for the decreased life expectancy range are the infections caused by microbial pathogens and in the later days mainly heart diseases and cancer. Diet plays a crucial role in both the disease states. As per the recent studies, diet is the major decisive factor for 70% of all human cancers. This makes it very important to study the contemporary food toxicology issues. Food toxicology majorly deals with factors such as food allergies and intolerance, bioactive chemicals, food additives, pesticide residue and alike.