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Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply

Strategies to Decrease Exposure

By: Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply

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Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply

Strategies to Decrease Exposure

By: Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply

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.

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0309089611

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Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply

Strategies to Decrease Exposure

By: Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply

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Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply

Strategies to Decrease Exposure

By: Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply

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0309167205

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Waste Incineration and Public Health

By: National Research Council,Commission on Life Sciences,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration

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Waste Incineration and Public Health

By: National Research Council,Commission on Life Sciences,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration

Incineration has been used widely for waste disposal, including household, hazardous, and medical wasteâ€"but there is increasing public concern over the benefits of combusting the waste versus the health risk from pollutants emitted during combustion. Waste Incineration and Public Health informs the emerging debate with the most up-to-date information available on incineration, pollution, and human healthâ€"along with expert conclusions and recommendations for further research and improvement of such areas as risk communication. The committee provides details on: Processes involved in incineration and how contaminants are released. Environmental dynamics of contaminants and routes of human exposure. Tools and approaches for assessing possible human health effects. Scientific concerns pertinent to future regulatory actions. The book also examines some of the social, psychological, and economic factors that affect the communities where incineration takes place and addresses the problem of uncertainty and variation in predicting the health effects of incineration processes.

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030906371X

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9780309063715

Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds

Evaluation of the EPA Reassessment

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

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Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds

Evaluation of the EPA Reassessment

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

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.

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0309102588

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The Potential Consequences of Public Release of Food Safety and Inspection Service Establishment-Specific Data

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on a Study of Food Safety and Other Consequences of Publishing Establishment-Specific Data

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The Potential Consequences of Public Release of Food Safety and Inspection Service Establishment-Specific Data

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the regulatory agency in the US Department of Agriculture that is responsible for ensuring that meat, poultry, and processed egg products produced domestically or imported into the United States are safe, wholesome, and properly labeled. FSIS collects a voluminous amount of data in support of its regulatory functions, but the two major types of FSIS data that are currently being considered for public release are sampling and testing data (derived from standard laboratory tests) and inspection and enforcement data (derived from text written by inspectors). Some of those data are already released to the public in aggregated form but not in disaggregated, establishment-specific form. In recent years, the Obama administration has implemented measures to facilitate openness in government, including the requirement that federal agencies publish information online and provide public access to information in a timely manner; in a form that can be easily retrieved, downloaded, indexed, and searched with tools that are available on the Internet; and without the need for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The Potential Consequences of Public Release of Food Safety and Inspection Service Establishment-Specific Data examines the potential food-safety benefits and other consequences of making establishment-specific data publicly available on the Internet. The report includes how factors such as level of aggregation, timing of release, level of completeness, and characterization of the data or context in which the data are presented might affect their utility in improving food safety. The report also examines potential ways that food-safety benefits and other effects of publicly posting the data might be measured.

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0309224659

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Ensuring Safe Food

From Production to Consumption

By: Institute of Medicine and National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Institute of Medicine,Committee to Ensure Safe Food from Production to Consumption

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Ensuring Safe Food

From Production to Consumption

By: Institute of Medicine and National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Institute of Medicine,Committee to Ensure Safe Food from Production to Consumption

How safe is our food supply? Each year the media report what appears to be growing concern related to illness caused by the food consumed by Americans. These food borne illnesses are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, pesticide residues, and food additives. Recent actions taken at the federal, state, and local levels in response to the increase in reported incidences of food borne illnesses point to the need to evaluate the food safety system in the United States. This book assesses the effectiveness of the current food safety system and provides recommendations on changes needed to ensure an effective science-based food safety system. Ensuring Safe Food discusses such important issues as: What are the primary hazards associated with the food supply? What gaps exist in the current system for ensuring a safe food supply? What effects do trends in food consumption have on food safety? What is the impact of food preparation and handling practices in the home, in food services, or in production operations on the risk of food borne illnesses? What organizational changes in responsibility or oversight could be made to increase the effectiveness of the food safety system in the United States? Current concerns associated with microbiological, chemical, and physical hazards in the food supply are discussed. The book also considers how changes in technology and food processing might introduce new risks. Recommendations are made on steps for developing a coordinated, unified system for food safety. The book also highlights areas that need additional study. Ensuring Safe Food will be important for policymakers, food trade professionals, food producers, food processors, food researchers, public health professionals, and consumers.

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0309065593

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Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply

Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply

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Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply

Waste Incineration and Public Health

Waste Incineration and Public Health

Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds

Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds

The Potential Consequences of Public Release of Food Safety and Inspection Service Establishment-Specific Data

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Ensuring Safe Food

Ensuring Safe Food

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