PPT-Dioxins

Marie Sedillo Vanessa Casias Sarah Miller and Cristina Gomez Dioxins Introduction What are dioxins What is their importance What are the sources of dioxins How are we exposed to. Dioxins in their purest form look like crystals or a colorless solid Most dioxins and furans are not manmade or produced intentionally but are created when other chemicals or products are made Of all of the dioxins and furans one 2378tetrachloropdib S POPULATIO Arnold Schecte University of Texas Houston School of Public Health Satellit Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Dallas Texas USA Paul Cramer Kathy Boggess John Stanle Midwest Research Institute Kansas City Missouri US Olaf P . . . Nick Ling . &. . Danica. Hill. I <3 gadgets. When was the last time you bought a new computer, or a new cell phone?. What happens to the old one?. http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/green-ideas/recycle-your-cell-phone-and-donate-to-charity-041574. Yushchenko. Ukrainian opposition presidential candidate. Among the Most Toxic Chemicals Known to Humankind. Dioxin. PCDDs. polychlorinated . dibenzo. dioxins. Dioxin levels 80 times the State of Michigan cleanup standards were found near parks and residential areas in a floodplain south of the City of Saginaw at the confluence of the . Dioxins and PCBs. What are Dioxins and PCBs?. Dioxins are . colourless. , . odourless. organic compounds . containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and chlorine. . There are . many different dioxins. , of which 17 are known to be toxic to humans. . Johan Liebens. Dept. . of Earth and . Environmental . Sciences. Carl . Mohrherr (ret.). Center . for Environmental Diagnostics and . Bioremediation. University of West Florida. Background. EPA sponsored reconnaissance . Toxic Chemical Project. Samuel Drew. Dilan Preciado. Dioxin description. Dioxin is a chemical contaminant that is formed during combustion processes such as waste incineration and backyard trash burning.. Relations between MLs of contaminants in feed and food. Case study: Dioxins . in products of . an animal origin, impact of the environment. 2. Content. 3. Harmonisation . between . MLs. of contaminants in feed and . By Group 1: Boon . Xuan. (presenter), Mei Ying and . Fatin. Assigned Reading. Fishy Food Facts: How much fish should we eat? By . Dr. David Mortimer, the Significance, September 2007. Chloroacne. Cancer . By Group 1: Boon . Xuan. (presenter), Mei Ying and . Fatin. Assigned Reading. Fishy Food Facts: How much fish should we eat? By . Dr. David Mortimer, the Significance, September 2007. Chloroacne. Cancer . By Group 1: Boon . Xuan. (presenter), Mei Ying and . Fatin. Assigned Reading. Fishy Food Facts: How much fish should we eat? By . Dr. David Mortimer, the Significance, September 2007. Chloroacne. Cancer . Finding a measurable amount of one or more of these chemicals in serum does not mean that the level of one or more of these chemicals causes an adverse health effect. Biomonitoring studies of these ch