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European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) proposes new health-based guidance value for dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls

, 2018
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has derived a new health-based guidance value for dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCB). The tolerable weekly intake (TWI) for dioxins and dl-PCB has been lowered from 14 picograms (14 x 10 ...
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
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PCBs in Chinstrap Penguins from Deception Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)

Toxics
The aim of this study was to evaluate the concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) and krill (Euphausia superba) from Deception Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) to provide additional data ...
Miguel Motas, Silvia Jerez-Rodríguez, José Manuel Veiga-del-Baño, Juan José Ramos, José Oliva, Miguel Ángel Cámara, Pedro Andreo-Martínez, Simonetta Corsolini   +7 more
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Oxidative Stress, and Brain Health: Mechanistic Links to Neurodegenerative and Neurodevelopmental Diseases

Antioxidants
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic pollutants that remain widely detectable in the environment and human tissues decades after their ban, raising concerns for brain health.
Aurelio Minuti, Alessia Floramo, Veronica Argento, Ivan Anchesi, Claudia Muscarà, Marco Calabrò, Serena Silvestro   +6 more
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Spatiotemporal patterns of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in foodstuffs in air quality regions in Taiwan. [PDF]

J Food Drug Anal, 2020
Lee CC, Chang WH, Lin HT, Chang JW.
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Chemical and ecological health of white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) in Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C., 2003-04 / by Cherie V. Miller ... [et al.] ; prepared in copoeration with the National Park Service

, 2009
Several classes of chemicals that are known or suspected contaminants were found in bed sediment in Rock Creek, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), phthalate esters, organochlorine pesticides, dioxins and furans, trace metals and metalloids ...
Miller, Cherie V., Weyers, Holly S., Blazer, Vicki S., Freeman, Mary E.   +3 more
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Serum concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a 10-year follow-up historical cohort study

Scientific Reports
This study investigated the association between serum concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and the risk of type 2 diabetes within the general population. A ten-year follow-up historical cohort study was conducted during 2009–2019 as part of
Masoumeh Ravanipour, Iraj Nabipour, Masud Yunesian, Noushin Rastkari, Amir Hossein Mahvi   +4 more
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Determination of marker and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in grains of selected cereals and cereal products

, 2010
Celem pracy była ocena zawartości polichlorowanych bifenyli (PCB) w ziarnie pszenicy i jęczmienia oraz w otrębach pszennych dostępnych na rynku krajowym.
Roszko, M., Szymczyk, K.
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Germany's first Total Diet Study - Occurrence of non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in foods. [PDF]

Food Chem X
Stadion M, Blume K, Hackethal C, Lüth A, Schumacher DM, Lindtner O, Sarvan I.   +6 more
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A Structural Equation Model of the Factors Influencing British Consumers’ Behaviour towards Animal Welfare

Results of national and pan-European consumer surveys and the growth in the demand for so-called “animal friendly” food products suggest that consumers within the European Union show a high level of concern for the welfare of farm animals.
McVittie, Alistair, Hubbard, Carmen, Toma, Luiza, Stott, Alistair W.   +3 more
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Fachtagung 'Dioxinaehnliche PCB in der Umwelt. Quellen, Verbleib, Exposition und gesundheitliche Bewertung' Beitraege

, 2003
Authors of the meeting report about Dioxins, Furans (PCDD/PSDF) and Dioxin-like PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) in Germany: Pollution regulations and limits, environmental analysis, outdoor and indoor air pollution, abundance in food, animal feeds and ...
Bayerisches Landesamt fuer Umweltschutz, Augsburg (Germany)
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