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Hofmann

[ hof-muhn; German, Polish hawf-mahn ]

noun

  1. Au·gust Wil·helm von [ou, -g, oo, st , vil, -helm f, uh, n], 1818–92, German chemist.
  2. Hans, 1880–1966, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
  3. Jo·sef (Cas·i·mir) [joh, -z, uh, f , kaz, -, uh, -mir], 1876–1957, U.S. pianist and composer, born in Poland.


Hofmann

/ ˈhɒfmən /

noun

  1. HofmannHans18801966MUSGermanARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Hans. 1880–1966, US painter, born in Germany: a pioneer of the abstract expressionist style
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"There they can be taken-up by plants and thus also reach humans," adds Thilo Hofmann, head of the research group.

According to Thilo Hofmann, the study shows clear results: "While the concentrations and daily intake are fortunately relatively low, additives from car tires are still found in food. That's not where they belong."

According to Hofmann, the next steps should now be to investigate the environmental and human health aspects.

"We examined real samples from supermarkets in Switzerland and field vegetables from Israel," says Thilo Hofmann, explaining the background to the study published last week.

She said Hofmann’s translation captures the “eloquence and eccentricities” of Erpenbeck’s prose.

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