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Compilation
of EU Dioxin exposure and health data
This report consists of a summary and several 'tasks'
addressing specific issues. The following documents are available:
Dioxins
and other POPs in by-products, recyclates and wastes and their potential
to enter the food chain – Stage II
Preparatory
Actions in the Field of Dioxins and PCBs
European Dioxin Inventory
As this report is very large, it has been split up into several
individual parts which can be downloaded separately. The contents
of the report are shown below. A link for each chunk of the report
is provided, along with the size of the relevant PDF file.
The publication data for the Dioxin Inventory reports (Stage I
1997 and stage II 2001) are the following:
Publisher: North Rhine-Westphalia State Environment Agency (LUA
NRW)
Authors: Dr Ulrich Quass, Dr Michael Fermann, Prof. Dr. Günter
Bröker
ISSN 0947-5206
The studies were carried out on behalf of the European Commission.
- 1.1 Emission Estimates
- 1.2 Data gaps/recommendations:
- Municipal Solid Waste Incineration
- Iron Ore Sinter Plants
- Clinical Waste Incineration
- Non-Ferrous Metal Industry
- Residential Wood Combustion
- Fires
- Road Traffic
- Final conclusions
- Tables VII-XV
- 3 Introduction (~60K)
- 3.1 Dioxins and Furans - Structure and Composition
- 3.2 Sources of dioxins
- 3.3 Toxicological aspects
- 3.3.1 General
- 3.3.2 Pharmacocinetic and metabolism
- 3.3.3 Acute and chronic toxicity
- 3.3.4 Specific toxicity
- 3.3.5 Tolerated PCDD and PCDF intake
- 3.3.6 Toxic Equivalent Factors
- 3.3.7 Consequences
- 3.4 Technical Abatement Measures
- 3.4.1 Primary measures
- 3.4.2 Secondary measures
- 4 Methodological Approach (~15K)
- 4.1 Data Collection
- 4.2 Reporting
- 4.2.1 Structure of PART III
- 4.2.2 Structure of PART IV
- 4.3 Reference Period
- 4.4 Nomenclature used in this report
- 5 Results (~55K)
- 5.1 Air emissions
- 5.1.1 Data available from national inventories
- 5.1.2 Identification of emission sources likely to be relevant
- 5.1.3 Reestimation of air emissions for all countries
- 5.1.3.1 Approach
- 5.1.3.2 Evaluation
- 5.2 Emissions via waste water
- 5.3 Emissions via residual materials
- 6 Conclusions and recommendations
Materials (National emission data):
Releases
of Dioxins and Furans to Land and Water in Europe
European Dioxin Emission Inventory
Stage II
As this report is very large, it has been split up into three volumes,
which can be downloaded separately. The contents of the report are
shown below. A link for each volume is provided, along with the
size of the relevant PDF file.
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