DIOXIN concentration in the vegetables grown in Tokorozawa City Japan

["Kenichi Azuma" <azuma@kcn.ne.jp>]

Hello.
I'm Kenichi Azuma from Nara Japan.

News release from News Station program report of TV Asahi February 1,1999.

Subject: DIOXIN concentration in the vegetables grown in Tokorozawa City
Japan.

This news reported that the high level Dioxin concentration was detected
from
the vegetables grown in Tokorozawa City Saitama Prefecture Japan.

< The comparison of Dioxin concentration. >
1. The Japanese whole country level value.  From 0, 0.43pico-g/g vegetables.
(The investigation result of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.)

2. Tokorozawa City Saitama Prefecture Japan.  From 0.64, 3.8pico-g/g
vegetables.
(The investigation result of Environmenral Research Institute Inc.)

3. TDI(tolerable daily intake) of Dioxin which WHO shows.  From 1,
4pico-g/kg

a body weight of 1kg.

This result shows that it reaches TDI when the child of a body weight of
40kg
takes the vegetables at roughly from 10, 40g.  Vegetables are grown even at
present in Tokorozawa City.  And, inhabitants in Tokorozawa City take these
vegetables.  This Dioxin occurrence source is the burning ashes radiated
from
the municipal waste combusted facility of Tokorozawa City.
Inhabitants in Tokorozawa City are protesting against Tokorozawa City
administration since Dioxin pollution that it was disclosed four years ago.
But there is no schedule of doing a remedial action in Tokorozawa City
administration.

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Kenichi Azuma
http://www.kcn.or.jp/~azuma/
E-mail:azuma@kcn.ne.jp
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