Re: question

["Jon Campbell" <jon@cqs.com>]

  Hi, Dennis,
  
        I have not seen a specific analysis of coffee, but given how it is
  grown and processed, it is likely to have some dioxin on it:
  
  1. Coffee growers apparently prefer to use the U.S.-banned pesticide
  Dieldrin (I think this is discussed in Diet For A Small Planet, but may have
  been somewhere else...). The pesticide residue is measureable in the coffee.
  
  2. The coffee beans are roasted at fairly high temperature (450 F comes to
  mind),
  
  Dieldrin is a chlorinated aromatic, so it is probably contaminated with
  dioxin to start with, and certainly the roasting process is going to produce
  more.
  
  Best to drink Cafe Altura, grown organically (Mexico, I believe).
  
  Cheers (and Merry Xmas)
  Jon Campbell
  
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Catalano, Dennis <catalad@wdni.com>
  To: Multiple recipients of list <dioxin-l@essential.org>
  Date: Wednesday, December 24, 1997 12:01 PM
  Subject: question
  
  
  >Does anyone out on this list have any information on dioxin content in
  >coffee?  I know coffee contains many nasty chemicals, but have not seen
  >any info on dioxin.  I would think that the roasting process of the
  >beans would form some.  I have been involved in coffee filter analysis,
  >but if the coffee contains dioxin, what is the point of worrying about
  >the trace levels found in the paper filter?
  >
  >Dennis Catalano
  >