CloseResearch on the toxicity of Essential Oils: Toxicity, Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity.
The dioxin, mad-cow and hormone crises, antibiotic resistance, Listeria monocytogenous epidemics, Chinese plants and foot and mouth have had a serious effect on the Belgian economy and the lifestyle of the population. These food and health-related problems have demonstrated the need for and importance of making reliable rapid techniques for detecting toxicity available to businesses which may be supplying food or medical products.
Our cytotoxic and genotoxic measurement technique enters into this category of research for checking the quality and toxicity limits of foodstuffs, plants, oils and medicines etc.