Dioxin/PCB Exposure Assessment

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition/Committee on Toxicity	Advice on Fish Consumption: Benefits & Risks Report that weighs nutritional benefits against toxicological risks of fish, especially oily fish, consumption and develops dietary advice regarding fish consumption. Includes discussion of fish consumption in the UK, LC PUFA, fish consumption and cardiovascular disease, dioxins and PCBs, mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium, and more. Annexes include "Fish consumption in the UK," "DHA requirements in pregnancy and lactation," "Updated COT statement on a survey of mercury in fish and shellfish," "COT statement on brominated flame retardants in fish from the Skerne Tees rivers system," and "COT statement on the tolerable daily intake for dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls". (more) Publication Year: 2004	Sep 3, 2004
		Assessment of Dietary Intake of Dioxins and Related PCBs by the Population of EU Member States "Reports on tasks for scientific cooperation: Report of experts participating in Task 3.2.5." This report presents data on dietary exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in the EU. Annexes include "Congeners of PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs selected for compilation of occurrence and exposure data in the framework of SCOOP Task 3.2.5 (Dioxins)," "Comments from countries participating in SCOOP Task 3.2.5 (Dioxins," "Occurrence data for dioxins and related PCBs (concentrations in pg/g) in different food products reported by the participating countries," "Dietary intake of dioxins and PCBs," and "Dietary exposure of breast fed infants to dioxins and PCBs". (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2000	Feb 9, 2004
	United Kingdom Food Standards Agency	Breast Milk Archive Study Published Release regarding a study on methods for establishing a national breast milk archive and access to the report of the study and related reports. The study also conducted testing of breast milk samples for dioxins and furans, PCBs, organochlorine pesticide residues, phthalates, phytoestrogens, and heavy metals. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2004	Dec 8, 2004
	National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency	Database of Sources of Environmental Releases of Dioxin-Like Compounds in the United States Downloadable database of congener specific chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin/dibenzofuran (CDD/CDF) emissions data for all known U.S. sources. Data is associated with the reference years 1995 and 1987. A users' manual and related report are also available from this web page. (more) Publication Month: March 2001	Jan 15, 2004
	Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Dioxin Analysis Results/Exposure Estimates Downloadable data on polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) congener levels in foods and exposure estimate results as a result of FDA's analysis of samples from its Total Diet Study for 2000-2003. (more) Publication Month: June 2005	Apr 5, 2004
	National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency	Dioxin Exposure Initiative Ongoing Projects This page links to information on current projects being conducted under EPA's Dioxin Exposure Initiative.	Jan 15, 2004
	National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency	Dioxin Exposure Initiative Publications This page links to EPA publications from its Dioxin Exposure Initiative. Includes publications on sources of dioxins in the US, various exposures including food, and trends. (more)	Jan 15, 2004
	Committee on the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine	Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply: Strategies to Decrease Exposure This document presents a discussion of dioxin exposure through the environment, animal production systems, and human foods. Policy options are presented for reducing exposure to dioxins, and recommendations for risk management and further research needs are discussed. Appendices include "Data Tables," "Total Diet Study Report" (which includes a table giving dioxin toxic equivalents (TEQ) for foods in the Total Diet Study and tables giving estimated intake of dioxin-like compounds for different populations), and "Open Session and Workshop Agendas". (more) Publication Year: 2003	Jul 11, 2003
	United Kingdom Food Standards Agency	Dioxins and Dioxin-like PCBs in Farmed and Wild Fish and Shellfish Report of analysis levels of dioxins and PCBs present in 47 species of wild fish and shellfish in the UK. Deadline: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Publication Date: Friday, February 17, 2006	Feb 22, 2006
	United Kingdom Food Standards Agency	Dioxins and Dioxin-like PCBs in Infant Formulae Fact sheet and report regarding a study of the levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in retail samples of infant formulae. Estimated dietary intakes of these substances for infants consuming formula are also discussed. Annexes to the report include "Upper and lower bound concentrations (ng WHO-TEQ/kg fat basis) of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in individual retail samples: Infant formulae purchased in 1998," Upper and lower bound concentrations (ng WHO-TEQ/kg fat basis) of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in individual retail samples of infant formulae purchased in 2001," ""Upper and lower bound concentrations (ng WHO-TEQ/kg fat basis) of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in individual retail samples of infant formulae," "Feeding instructions," and " Comments Received From Manufacturers.". (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2004	Apr 2, 2004
	United Kingdom Food Standards Agency	Dioxins and Dioxin-like PCBs in the UK Diet: 2001 Total Diet Study Samples This report discusses estimated total dietary intakes of dioxins and PCBs in the United Kingdom, based on analysis of samples from the food groups from the 2001 UK Total Diety Study. (more) Publication Month: June 2003	Jul 21, 2003
	Institute of Food Science and Technology	Dioxins and PCBs in Food This document provides an overview of dioxins and PCBs, including sources, dioxins and PCBs in the food chain, and dioxins and PCBs in human milk. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998	Aug 9, 2002
	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Dioxins/Furans Toxicologic Summary (Appendix E) This is one of the appendices to a Public Health Assessment, requested by a community group in the vicinity of a wood-treatment facility. This appendix reviews the chemistry, origins, and toxicology of dioxins and furans. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2000	Feb 8, 2005
	Maitani, Tamio	Evaluation of Exposure to Chemical Substances through Foods - Exposure to Pesticides, Heavy Metals, Dioxins, Acrylamide and Food Additives in Japan Review of results of Japanese total diet studies with respect to exposure levels of consumers to food contaminants and additives. Includes discussion of intake of dioxins, pesticides, acrylamide, and food additives. (more) Publication Year: 2004	Jul 27, 2004
	Fish Monitoring Program, State Veterinarian, Division of Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Conservation, State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation	Fish Monitoring Program Program that monitors Alaskan fish (salmon, halibut, pacific cod, sablefish, black rockfish, sheefish, lingcod, and pollock) for heavy metals, dioxins, furans, pesticides, PCBs, inorganic arsenic, and chromium VI. The website includes access to their data on contaminant levels in fish. (more)	Nov 1, 2004
	Gordon, Bruce; Mackay, Richard; Rehfuess, Eva	Inheriting the World: The Atlas of Children's Health and the Environment Worldwide maps and charts on issues related to children's health and the environment. Includes information on such issues as child mortality, safe drinking water, fluoride and arsenic in drinking water, lead, safe food, dioxins and furans in vegetation, dioxins in breast milk, and more. (more) Publication Year: 2004	Jun 29, 2004
	Hardin, Ben	Monitoring Dioxins Overview of human exposure to dioxins and the research of the ARS related to dioxins. Publication Month: January 2001	May 29, 2002
	Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals Report on the U.S. population's exposure to environmental chemicals based on biomonitoring. The third report includes discussion of exposure to certain metals, tobacco smoke, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxins, PCBs, phthalates, phytoestrogens, and pesticides. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, August 17, 2005	Aug 17, 2005
	Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	PCDD/PCDF Exposure Estimates Estimates of dietary exposure to polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) by food category and age-sex group. Estimates are based on Total Diet Study samples from 2001-2003 and food consumption data from CSFII 1994-96, 1998. (more) Publication Month: June 2005	Jul 29, 2004
	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives	Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins, Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans, and Coplanar Polychlorinated Biphenyls Safety assessment of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs. Sections include "Explanation," "Biological Data," "Analytical Methods," "Effects of Processing," "Levels and Patterns of Contamination of Food Commodities," "Estimated Dietary Intake," "Prevention and Control," "Dose-Response Analysis and Estimation of Risk," "Comments," "Evaluation," and "References". (more) Publication Year: 2002	Jan 27, 2004
	International Agency for Research on Cancer	Polychlorinated Dibenzo-para-Dioxins Evaluation of the carcinogenicity of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin, 2,7-DCDD, 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD, 1,2,3,6,7,8-/1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD, 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD, and dibenzo-para-dioxin. Includes summary of exposure data, carcinogenicity data, and other related data. (more) Publication Year: 1997	Jan 27, 2004
	Food Standards Australia New Zealand	Report on a Survey of Chemical Residues in Domestic and Imported Aquacultured Fish Report of a survey of domestic and imported finfish in Australia for levels of nitrofurans, chloramphenicol, sulphonamides, tetracyclines, malachite green, penicillins, macrolides, trimethoprim, quinolones, and PCBs. Includes as attachments "National Residue Survey Report on Wildcaught fish and Aquaculture," "An Assessment of the Public Health Risk Associated with Low Residues of Malachite Green chloride and Leucomalachite green in Aquacultured Fish," and others. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Publication Month: November 2005	Jan 10, 2006

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