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This study aims to determine the safety of consumption of plant products grown in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Kharkiv, as well as many other post-Soviet cities, is environmentally characterized by the widespread growing of edible plants—from industrial areas to school gardens—as well as the presence of a significant number of nature management conflicts, the location of heavy industry, the prevalence of obsolete environmentally unfriendly transport, etc. The article presents the results of the study of apple samples taken in different functional zones of Kharkiv city, Ukraine. The results of the study showed that the maximum levels of heavy metals were exceeded in apple samples from all sampling sites: Pb—from 11.47 to 38.86 times; Cd—from 1.76 to 5.68 times (of the norms of the FAO and EU). The most polluted were samples from the residential areas, which is partly due to significant land pollution from various types of waste. Levels of hazard index (HI) differ by age groups: from 24.37 to 70.11 HI (children group, 1–6 years); from 10.28 to 29.59 HI (children group, 7–16 years); from 0.88 to 2.53 HI (adult group, 18–65 years). Non-carcinogenic risks can be related to disorders of the immune system, blood, urinoexcretory, and nervous systems as well as problems in the functioning of liver and kidneys. The total carcinogenic risk of eating apples exceeds the permissible level.
Yuliia Medvedeva; Anatolii Kucher; Joanna Lipsa; Maria Hełdak. Human Health Risk Assessment on the Consumption of Apples Growing in Urbanized Areas: Case of Kharkiv, Ukraine. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 1504 .
AMA StyleYuliia Medvedeva, Anatolii Kucher, Joanna Lipsa, Maria Hełdak. Human Health Risk Assessment on the Consumption of Apples Growing in Urbanized Areas: Case of Kharkiv, Ukraine. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (4):1504.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYuliia Medvedeva; Anatolii Kucher; Joanna Lipsa; Maria Hełdak. 2021. "Human Health Risk Assessment on the Consumption of Apples Growing in Urbanized Areas: Case of Kharkiv, Ukraine." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4: 1504.
The social and economic conditions of all market participants are incentives and constraining factors influencing the levels of food, social, economic and ecologic security. The purpose of the article lies in the presentation of the author’s concept of the social and economic conditions where the transformation of economic relations between agrofood market participants is happening—in particular, the livestock products market of Ukraine—and the assessment of the state of food security of the country, as well as a comparison, by the same criteria, of the conditions of agrofood market participants in Ukraine and in four European countries: Germany, France, Italy, and Poland. This research was based on the application of empirical knowledge methods: observation, comparison, description, measurement, statistic methods, etc. So far, the participant functioning conditions in the agricultural market in Ukraine are unfavorable for the sustainable development of agriculture, especially the livestock industry. The debt burden of external creditors is growing, the amount of direct investments from the countries of the world decreases, and the growth of capital investment in terms of calculation per one employee is slowing down. The food security of Ukraine is unstable. The “market” itself is not capable of remedying all the negative phenomena. Therefore, it is necessary to apply the weighted power of the state.
Olha Kravchenko; Anatolii Kucher; Maria Hełdak; Lesia Kucher; Joanna Wysmułek. Socio-Economic Transformations in Ukraine towards the Sustainable Development of Agriculture. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5441 .
AMA StyleOlha Kravchenko, Anatolii Kucher, Maria Hełdak, Lesia Kucher, Joanna Wysmułek. Socio-Economic Transformations in Ukraine towards the Sustainable Development of Agriculture. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (13):5441.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOlha Kravchenko; Anatolii Kucher; Maria Hełdak; Lesia Kucher; Joanna Wysmułek. 2020. "Socio-Economic Transformations in Ukraine towards the Sustainable Development of Agriculture." Sustainability 12, no. 13: 5441.
The study discusses the problem of public green areas’ accessibility for the residents of large cities in Poland. The purpose of the research is to assess the possibility of applying the British Accessible Natural Greenspace Standard (ANGSt) method in determining the amount of natural green space available to residents in Polish conditions including, in particular, the assessment of accessibility using data collected by the Central Statistical Office and the verification of results based on detailed research. The identification of green areas for 18 voivodeship cities in Poland was prepared using the GIS programme, taking into account public green space, provided for general access and free of change. The verification of the ANGSt method consisted of mapping spatial barriers extending the route of access either on foot or by roads as well as closed private areas. The conducted research revealed that, after taking into account the access routes to selected areas, the distance to public green areas increased, on average, from 50 m in the smallest cities (Gorzów Wielkopolski and Olsztyn) to as much as 450 m in Warszawa. A detailed analysis showed that the discussed accessibility was reduced, on average, by almost 10% for the residents of the analysed cities. It was also found that the introduced barriers did not affect the accessibility of more distant, larger green space areas.
Joanna Wysmułek; Maria Hełdak; Anatolii Kucher. The Analysis of Green Areas’ Accessibility in Comparison with Statistical Data in Poland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 4492 .
AMA StyleJoanna Wysmułek, Maria Hełdak, Anatolii Kucher. The Analysis of Green Areas’ Accessibility in Comparison with Statistical Data in Poland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (12):4492.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoanna Wysmułek; Maria Hełdak; Anatolii Kucher. 2020. "The Analysis of Green Areas’ Accessibility in Comparison with Statistical Data in Poland." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 12: 4492.
The paper analyses the sustainable development of tourism in selected cities located in Turkey and in Poland. The starting point for the conducted research was the adoption of indicators used to assess the sustainable development of tourism in the cities of Amasya (Turkey) and Zakopane (Poland). Ultimately, the authors used slightly modified indicators developed by the Voluntary Initiative for Sustainability in Tourism (VISIT). The studies demonstrated that in Amasya the development of tourism is quite stable and revealed quite a lot of deficiencies in Zakopane. Sustainable development was assessed as poor in terms of environmental obligations, in particular waste water management solutions and municipal waste management as well as in terms of water consumption. The research revealed that some of the indicators were not recorded in central statistical offices, which hindered the assessment considerably. This refers mainly to indicators related to social and cultural considerations. In general, the results are rather surprising, as the analysis revealed significant differences in the development of technological infrastructure and land use intensity. Unfortunately, in these aspects, Zakopane seems to have lost the competition.
Sultan Sevinc Kurt Konakoglu; Maria Hełdak; Banu Cicek Kurdoglu; Joanna Wysmułek. Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Tourism in Selected Cities in Turkey and Poland. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2552 .
AMA StyleSultan Sevinc Kurt Konakoglu, Maria Hełdak, Banu Cicek Kurdoglu, Joanna Wysmułek. Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Tourism in Selected Cities in Turkey and Poland. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (9):2552.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSultan Sevinc Kurt Konakoglu; Maria Hełdak; Banu Cicek Kurdoglu; Joanna Wysmułek. 2019. "Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Tourism in Selected Cities in Turkey and Poland." Sustainability 11, no. 9: 2552.