European Commission report on dioxin exposure and health

["Mary Firestone" <mary_firestone@jsi.com>]

http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/dioxin/

Dioxin exposure and health

                This study on the most current Dioxin exposure and
health data in the EU, co-funded by Environment Directorate-General,
has been presented to the Commission task force on dioxins.

                The main conclusion of the report is that, for some
parts of the population, the daily intake of dioxins and dioxin-like
compounds is still above the recommended levels, despite the fact that
dioxin levels have been decreasing in the recent years in all
countries for which data for the last 10 to 15 years are available. On
average, exposure fell by 10% per year between the mid-eighties and
the mid-nineties. 

                The report consists of a summary and several 'tasks'
addressing specific issues. All of these are available for download
(PDF format, Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later preferred) in the following
documents:

Summary report (~220K) 
Task 1: Member State legislation and programmes (~300K) 
Task 2: Environmental levels (~140K) 
Task 2: Environmental levels (annex) (~460K) 
Task 3: Environmental fate and transport (~130K) 
Task 3: Environmental fate and transport (annex) (~580K) 
Task 4: Human exposure (~130K) 
Task 4: Human exposure (annex 1) (~260K) 
Task 4: Human exposure (annex 2) (~100K) 
Task 5: Human tissues and milk levels (~150K) 
Task 6: Trends (~350K) 
Task 7: Ecotoxicology (~160K) 
Task 8: Human toxicology (~170K) 
Task 9: Generic issues (~60K) 



Mary Firestone
Information Specialist
JSI Center for Environmental Health Studies
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Boston, MA  02210-1211

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