Dioxins

Author : A. Schecter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781489914620

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Dioxins and Health by A. Schecter Pdf

This book originated in a series of cross-disciplinary conversations in the years 1984-1990 between the editor, who is a physician-researcher involved in clinical and laboratory research, and a dioxin toxicologist. During the years in which the conversations took place, an extraordinary amount of new scientific literature was published related to dioxins, defined for purposes of this text as the chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, polychlorinated biphe nyls (PCB's) and other compounds that are structurally and toxicologically similar to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7 ,8-TCDD), the most extensively studied and most toxic of this group of chemicals. Dioxins also began to interest not only chemists and toxicologists, but also specialists from diverse disciplines such as wildlife and environmental science, immunology, neuroscience,public health, epidemiology, med icine, government, law, sociology, and journalism. Specialists from such varied disciplines, while familiar with their own literature, frequently did not have time to follow the dioxin literature outside their specialty area. In addition, each specialty had unique knowledge, methods, and perspectives. Cross disciplinary conversation was necessary, but all too frequently, specialists from the various disciplines did not speak the same language, resulting in misunderstanding.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309089616

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Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply by Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply Pdf

Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds, or DLCs, are found throughout the environment, in soil, water, and air. People are exposed to these unintentional environmental contaminants primarily through the food supply, although at low levels, particularly by eating animal fat in meat, dairy products, and fish. While the amount of DLCs in the environment has declined since the late 1970s, the public continues to be concerned about the safety of the food supply and the potential adverse health effects of DLC exposure, especially in groups such as developing fetuses and infants, who are more sensitive to the toxic effects of these compounds. Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply: Strategies to Decrease Exposure, recommends policy options to reduce exposure to these contaminants while considering how implementing these options could both reduce health risks and affect nutrition, particularly in sensitive and highly exposed groups, if dietary changes are suggested.

Author : Vaishali Shahare
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781498771504

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Techniques for Measurement and Removal of Dioxins and Furans by Vaishali Shahare Pdf

This book is a well organised treatise on identification and measurement of dioxins and furan in the environment. It focuses on their source, fate, behaviour, analytical techniques for measurement, and removal/control methods. Although there are numerous publications that address this subject, rarely are prevention and control concepts considered together in a single volume. This book provides a tool for today's environmental researchers by focusing on an integrated approach to managing environmental pollution problems due to dioxins and furans. The overall objective of this book is not simply to provide a general reference, but to serve as a resource for developing approaches to managing environmental pollution problems due to dioxins and furans.

Author : Mehran Alaee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319238890

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Dioxin and Related Compounds by Mehran Alaee Pdf

This volume is a tribute to Professor Otto Hutzinger, the founding editor of The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, in recognition of his pioneering work and contribution to our understanding of the sources, fate, exposure and effects of persistent organic pollutants. It consists of fourteen chapters written by individuals who have been inspired by his work and have followed in his footsteps by refining our knowledge of this field and opening new research directions. In Professor Hutzinger’s tradition of passing on valuable information to others, the authors present recent advances in areas such as inventories, remediation, and analytical determinations. Levels and trends in abiotic environments, biota, and human exposure via food, as well as the risks to the environment and humans from polychlorinated dibenzo dioxins, furans, and PCBs are also discussed. Other chapters deal with the relevant topics of DDT and its metabolites along with halogenated and phosphorus flame retardants.

Author : Rolf-Michael Wittich
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783662060681

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Biodegradation of Dioxins and Furans by Rolf-Michael Wittich Pdf

Bioremediation of organic pollutants and heavy metals by use of microorganisms represents a safe, inexpensive, and environmentally-friendly concept in modern environmental engineering. During the last three decades intense efforts have been made by microbiologists and environmental engineers in the isolation and characterization of microorganisms capable of degradation, transformation and detoxification of recalcitrant chemical compounds of environmental concern: (polyhalogenated) dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and diphenyl ethers. Special emphasis is placed on the potential of molecular biology techniques to improve presently available biocatalysts.

Author : Martin Rose,Alwin Fernandes
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780857098917

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Persistent Organic Pollutants and Toxic Metals in Foods by Martin Rose,Alwin Fernandes Pdf

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and toxic elements, such as dioxins, flame retardants, lead and mercury, are substances of major concern for the food industry, the regulator and the public. They persist in the environment, accumulate in food chains and may adversely affect human health if ingested over certain levels or with prolonged exposure. Persistent organic pollutants and toxic metals in foods explores the scientific and regulatory challenges of ensuring that our food is safe to eat. Part one provides an overview of regulatory efforts to screen, monitor and control persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals in foods and includes case studies detailing regulatory responses to food contamination incidents. Part two moves on to highlight particular POPs, toxic metals and metalloids in foods, including dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mercury, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and phthalates. Persistent organic pollutants and toxic metals in foods is a standard reference for those in the food industry responsible for food safety, laboratories testing for food chemical safety, regulatory authorities responsible for ensuring the safety of food, and researchers in industry and academia interested in the science supporting food chemical safety. Includes case studies which detail regulatory responses to food contamination incidents Considers the uptake and transfer of persistent organic pollutants in the food chain and the risk assessment of contaminates in food Details perticular persistent organic pollutants, toxic metals and metalloids in foods including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), mercury and arsenic among others

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on EPA's Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of TCDD and Related Compounds
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309133883

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Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on EPA's Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of TCDD and Related Compounds Pdf

Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented a comprehensive review of the scientific literature in its 2003 draft reassessment of the risks of dioxin, the agency did not sufficiently quantify the uncertainties and variabilities associated with the risks, nor did it adequately justify the assumptions used to estimate them, according to this new report from the National Academies' National Research Council. The committee that wrote the report recommended that EPA re-estimate the risks using several different assumptions and better communicate the uncertainties in those estimates. The agency also should explain more clearly how it selects both the data upon which the reassessment is based and the methods used to analyze them.

Author : Great Britain. Steering Group on Chemical Aspects of Food Surveillance,Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Dioxins
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016213261

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Dioxins in Food by Great Britain. Steering Group on Chemical Aspects of Food Surveillance,Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Chemical reactions
ISBN : STANFORD:36105126782049

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Dioxins by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alastair Hay
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781489903396

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The Chemical Scythe by Alastair Hay Pdf

The Chemical Scythe is the first book in a projected series to be published by Plenum Press in association with the International Disaster Institute. The aim of the series, Disaster Research in Practice, is to provide scientific and readable accounts on the most urgent areas of disaster research. It is fitting, therefore, that Dr. Hay's investigation into the nature and effects of dioxins heralds the new series. The problem of chemical hazards is one that we will have to learn to live with in future decades. Dr. Hay's book is an authoritative account of the chemistry and proven and potential effects of dioxins, and of the impli cations for safety planning. He concludes with a cautious, yet optimistic note-that indeed we can learn to live with such hazards, providing that we are prepared to understand and plan for the unexpected. The accident at Seveso in 1976 alerted the world to an imperfectly un derstood but immensely alarming environmental hazard. Public debate and argument as to the implications of dioxins and, indeed, the use of herbicides as aggressive weapons in Vietnam, rage on. And yet it is only through the painstaking research exemplified in this book that it will eventually be pos sible to promote the vital accountability on the part of industrialists and governments.

Author : M. P. Esposito,H. M. Drake,J. A. Smith,T. O. Tiernan,T. W. Owens,M. L. Taylor,Forrest E. Dryden,S. D. Erk,J. Dryden,Harry E. Ensley,Ronald J. Rossi,E. Jasper Westbrook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Chemical reactions
ISBN : UOM:39015095300474

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Dioxins: Sources, exposure, transport, and control by M. P. Esposito,H. M. Drake,J. A. Smith,T. O. Tiernan,T. W. Owens,M. L. Taylor,Forrest E. Dryden,S. D. Erk,J. Dryden,Harry E. Ensley,Ronald J. Rossi,E. Jasper Westbrook Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on Curriculum Development in Environmental Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995-05-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309051408

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Environmental Medicine by Institute of Medicine,Committee on Curriculum Development in Environmental Medicine Pdf

People are increasingly concerned about potential environmental health hazards and often ask their physicians questions such as: "Is the tap water safe to drink?" "Is it safe to live near power lines?" Unfortunately, physicians often lack the information and training related to environmental health risks needed to answer such questions. This book discusses six competency based learning objectives for all medical school students, discusses the relevance of environmental health to specific courses and clerkships, and demonstrates how to integrate environmental health into the curriculum through published case studies, some of which are included in one of the book's three appendices. Also included is a guide on where to obtain additional information for treatment, referral, and follow-up for diseases with possible environmental and/or occupational origins.

Author : A. Schecter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0306447851

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Dioxins and Health by A. Schecter Pdf

This book originated in a series of cross-disciplinary conversations in the years 1984-1990 between the editor, who is a physician-researcher involved in clinical and laboratory research, and a dioxin toxicologist. During the years in which the conversations took place, an extraordinary amount of new scientific literature was published related to dioxins, defined for purposes of this text as the chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, polychlorinated biphe nyls (PCB's) and other compounds that are structurally and toxicologically similar to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7 ,8-TCDD), the most extensively studied and most toxic of this group of chemicals. Dioxins also began to interest not only chemists and toxicologists, but also specialists from diverse disciplines such as wildlife and environmental science, immunology, neuroscience,public health, epidemiology, med icine, government, law, sociology, and journalism. Specialists from such varied disciplines, while familiar with their own literature, frequently did not have time to follow the dioxin literature outside their specialty area. In addition, each specialty had unique knowledge, methods, and perspectives. Cross disciplinary conversation was necessary, but all too frequently, specialists from the various disciplines did not speak the same language, resulting in misunderstanding.

Author : M. P. Esposito,T. O. Tiernan,Forrest E. Dryden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Dioxins
ISBN : UOM:39015095300490

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Dioxins by M. P. Esposito,T. O. Tiernan,Forrest E. Dryden Pdf

Author : Frans J. M. Smulders,Ivonne M. C. M. Rietjens,John Daniel Collins,Martin D. Rose
Publisher : Brill Wageningen Academic
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Food
ISBN : 9086863264

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Chemical Hazards in Foods of Animal Origin by Frans J. M. Smulders,Ivonne M. C. M. Rietjens,John Daniel Collins,Martin D. Rose Pdf

Various chemical hazards are identified and characterised. Public health risks associated with ingestion of contaminated animal food products are discussed, options for risk mitigation are presented.