[Dioxin-l] dioxin in burgers

[Jon Campbell]

Michael did not write this, Jon Campbell did.

That figure is in the updated EPA Dioxin Reassessment (not yet published).
The original data is in the 1994 EPA dioxin reassessment, and summarized in
the book "Dying From Dioxin" by Lois Gibbs. At the time, the EPA max
allowable dose was 0.006 picograms per kg of body weight, so a 70 kg person
was supposed to have a max dose of 0.4 pg. That figure has been pushed up to
0.01 pg/kg , probably as a result of industry pressure.

Jon Campbell

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Friedmann [mailto:derwuestenfuchs@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 10:39 AM
To: dioxin-l@lists.essential.org
Subject: [Dioxin-l] dioxin in burgers


Michael wrote:

"A single McDonalds hamburger has 100 picograms of
dioxin in it, the EPA max dosage is 0.7 picograms for
an ADULT."

Pretty upsetting if true.  What's the source of this
number?

Andy

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