{"id":39257,"date":"2025-12-02T09:51:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/?p=39257"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:55:00","slug":"the-environmental-research-center-at-the-university-of-mosul-held-a-seminar-on-preservatives-and-their-health-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/2025\/12\/02\/the-environmental-research-center-at-the-university-of-mosul-held-a-seminar-on-preservatives-and-their-health-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"The Environmental Research Center at the University of Mosul held a seminar on preservatives and their health effects."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Environmental Research Center at the University of Mosul held a seminar entitled \u201cPreservatives and Their Health Effects\u201d on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture was presented by Dr. Zahraa Ezzeldin Younis.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture addressed food additives, which are substances added to food to reduce spoilage, preserve its nutritional value, and improve some of its sensory qualities, such as color, taste, aroma, appearance, and texture. They also prevent food spoilage during transport and storage, increase nutritional value by providing missing elements, facilitate and expedite food preparation and distribution, increase consumer demand, and boost marketing rates.<\/p>\n<p>These efforts align with the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-39259\" src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/69fd3d83-471f-424b-b618-6839e6f2444d-300x225.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/69fd3d83-471f-424b-b618-6839e6f2444d-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20225%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/69fd3d83-471f-424b-b618-6839e6f2444d-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/69fd3d83-471f-424b-b618-6839e6f2444d-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/69fd3d83-471f-424b-b618-6839e6f2444d-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/69fd3d83-471f-424b-b618-6839e6f2444d-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/69fd3d83-471f-424b-b618-6839e6f2444d-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/69fd3d83-471f-424b-b618-6839e6f2444d-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/69fd3d83-471f-424b-b618-6839e6f2444d-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/69fd3d83-471f-424b-b618-6839e6f2444d-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/69fd3d83-471f-424b-b618-6839e6f2444d.jpg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-39260\" src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c-300x200.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27200%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20200%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27200%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/12\/c82107a4-5415-47dd-ba57-5328e5fe575c.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Environmental Research Center at the University of Mosul held a seminar entitled \u201cPreservatives and Their Health Effects\u201d on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. The lecture was presented by Dr. Zahraa Ezzeldin Younis. The lecture addressed food additives, which are substances added to food to reduce spoilage, preserve its nutritional value, and improve some of its sensory qualities, such as color, taste, aroma, appearance, and texture. They also prevent food spoilage during transport and storage, increase nutritional value by providing missing elements, facilitate and expedite food preparation and distribution, increase consumer demand, and boost marketing rates. These efforts align with the <a href=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/2025\/12\/02\/the-environmental-research-center-at-the-university-of-mosul-held-a-seminar-on-preservatives-and-their-health-effects\/\"> [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":39258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39261,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39257\/revisions\/39261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/environmentcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}