Dietary exposure to polychlorinated biphenyl and dioxins from infancy until adulthood: a comparison between breast-feeding, toddler, and long-term exposure

Article Abstract:

Food habits, PCB/dioxin exposure and the importance of PCB/dioxin from breast milk from early life through age 25 have been investigated in a group in the Netherlands to assess exposure risk for the next generation. In the cohort were 207 children studied from birth to preschool age. A model was developed to calculate the cumulative toxic equivalent intake in breastfeeding in the first year. Longterm dietary exposure to PCBs and dioxins in men/women is partly caused by breastfeeding and, after weaning, dairy products, processed foods and meat are major contributors up to reproductive age. Transfer from breastmilk must be controlled by enforcing strict regulations for PCB/dioxin discharge and cutting back consumption of animal products and processed foods.

Health aspects, Physiological aspects, Polychlorinated biphenyls, Diet, Breast milk, Food contamination, Dioxin, Dioxins

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Human health risk assessment: a case study involving heavy metal soil contamination after the flooding of the River Meuse during the winter of 1993-1994

Article Abstract:

Possible health risks related to exposure to heavy metals in river bank soils have been investigated for the River Meuse, which was flooded at the end of 1993. Soil and deposit samples and corresponding arable and fodder crops were analyzed for heavy metals. Soils of the floodplain appeared to be severely polluted by the flooding, mostly by cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn), but heavy metal concentrations in the crops grown on the soils were within background ranges. A potential health risk does exist for bank dwellers of this river which floods on the average every 2 years.

Austria, Lead, Soil pollution, Water pollution, Soils, Zinc, Zinc (Metal), Freshwater ecology, Crops, Crops (Plants), Heavy metals, Lake ecology, Floodplain ecology, Meuse River

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