Background Dioxins, furans and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are endocrine disruptors with half-lives of months to years in humans. Peripubertal exposure to these chemicals may disrupt pubertal timing. Biomarker exposure metrics like the sum of non-dioxin-like PCBs in serum (∑NDL-PCBs) involve...
This also applies to the choice to test samples of adipose tissue rather than meat, assuming that persistent lipophilic compounds like PCDD/Fs and PCBs distribute evenly throughout the fat compartment, meaning that lipid based levels in body fat and muscle are assumed to be similar. Sixteen of ...
However, since furans may be more toxic than previously assumed (Larsson et al., 2015), also these should be further investigated. As we have shown in this study, the impact of the TEF system compared to for example CTF, can affect final risk assessment outcomes. 4.3. Risk and benefit ...
The implementation of the European Union strategy for polychlorodibenzo-dioxins and -furans (PCDD/Fs), and dioxin-like polychlorobiphenyls (DL-PCBs) is determining a general reduction of their presence in the environment and in the food chain. The most important route for human exposure to ...
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-furans (PCDFs) are unintentionally formed during inefficient combustions and as a by-product. Due to their resistance to degradation and their toxic effect on health, PCDD/Fs are lis