Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds in the Food Supply: Strategies to Decrease Exposure (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309089616)

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: Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on the Implications of Dioxin
ISBN-10: 0309089611
ISBN-13: 9780309089616
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 12/21/2003
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.20w x 0.82d