NDLI: The composition of unrecorded alcohol from eastern Ukraine: is there a toxicological concern beyond ethanol alone?

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Author	Lachenmeier, Dirk W. Samokhvalov, Andriy V. Leitz, Jenny Schoeberl, Kerstin Kuballa, Thomas Linskiy, Igor V. Minko, Oleksandr I. Rehm, Jürgen
Spatial Coverage	Ukraine
Description	Country affiliation: Germany Author Affiliation: Lachenmeier DW ( Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Karlsruhe, Weissenburger Strasse 3, D-76187 Karlsruhe, Germany. Lachenmeier@web.de)
Abstract	In 2005, approximately half of all alcohol consumption in Ukraine was unrecorded. This paper investigates the chemical composition of unrecorded and low-cost alcohol, including a toxicological evaluation. A sample of alcohol products (n=78) from both recorded and unrecorded sources was obtained mainly from eastern Ukraine, and chemically analyzed. Analysis entailed alcoholic strength, levels of volatile compounds (methanol, acetaldehyde, higher alcohols), ethyl carbamate, anions, and inorganic elements. The majority of unrecorded alcohol was homemade samohon with alcoholic strength averaging close to 40% vol. A limited number of samples, advertised for medicinal purposes, were identified with high alcoholic strengths (above 60% vol.). Single samples showed contamination with acetaldehyde and ethyl carbamate above the levels of toxicological concern. Metal contamination was frequent, with copper levels above 2mg/l in 33 samples, and zinc above 5mg/l in 10 samples. Overall, however, the composition of unrecorded samples did not raise major public health concerns other those for ethanol. The priority of alcohol policy in Ukraine should be the general reduction of alcohol consumption with a specific focus on that from small-scale home production. Further research is needed on potential mitigative measures and the origin of the metal contamination in particular alcoholic beverages.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	02786915
Issue Number	10
Volume Number	48
e-ISSN	18736351
Journal	Food and Chemical Toxicology
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Publisher Date	2010-10-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Discipline Toxicology__semicolon__nutritional Discipline Sciences Alcoholic Beverages Analysis Toxicity Central Nervous System Depressants Ethanol Flame Ionization Gas Chromatography-mass Spectrometry Metals Public Health Spectrophotometry, Atomic Ukraine Urethane Water Journal Article
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Toxicology Food Science

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