TY - CHAP
T1 - Incidents with dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in the food chain
AU - Hoogenboom, Ron
PY - 2019/11/30
Y1 - 2019/11/30
N2 - Dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been involved in a number of incidents in the feed and food chain. Some of the incidents were discovered as follow-up of adverse effects in animals, others by increased monitoring. Important sources are chlorinated chemicals like PCB mixtures, used in transformers, heat-exchange equipment and paints/sealants, but also chlorinated phenols widely applied as herbicides and fungicides. Burning of plastic waste, both large- and small-scale, can contaminate the surrounding area, affecting the levels in foraging animals. Recycled minerals were also involved in some incidents, and dioxins have been detected in certain clay materials used in feed and food production, due to natural formation. The various incidents resulted in measures, including the setting of limits that led to a strong reduction of the levels in feed and food, but also in humans. This chapter will review the major incidents and their impacts.
AB - Dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been involved in a number of incidents in the feed and food chain. Some of the incidents were discovered as follow-up of adverse effects in animals, others by increased monitoring. Important sources are chlorinated chemicals like PCB mixtures, used in transformers, heat-exchange equipment and paints/sealants, but also chlorinated phenols widely applied as herbicides and fungicides. Burning of plastic waste, both large- and small-scale, can contaminate the surrounding area, affecting the levels in foraging animals. Recycled minerals were also involved in some incidents, and dioxins have been detected in certain clay materials used in feed and food production, due to natural formation. The various incidents resulted in measures, including the setting of limits that led to a strong reduction of the levels in feed and food, but also in humans. This chapter will review the major incidents and their impacts.
U2 - 10.3920/978-90-8686-877-3_20
DO - 10.3920/978-90-8686-877-3_20
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789086863266
T3 - Chemical hazards in foods of animal origin
SP - 503
EP - 528
BT - Chemical hazards in foods of animal origin
A2 - Smulders, F.J.M.
A2 - Rietjens, I.M.C.M.
A2 - Rose, M.
PB - Wageningen Academic Publishers
ER -