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The information in the archive was published by MAFF, Department of Health and the
Scottish Executive before April 1st 2000 when the Food Standards
Agency was established.
Food Surveillance Information Sheet Number 123
| Table 1: Concentrations of dioxins and PCBs in samples
of milk taken from individual farms close to industrial sites in 1996 |
| Plant and location
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Plant type
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Number of farms
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Concentrations (ng TEQ/kg milk fat)
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Dioxins |
PCBs |
Dioxins & PCBs** |
Lea Ronal (UK) PLC,
Buxton, Derbyshire
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Precious metals refiner
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5
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1.4-2.1
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1.7-2.4
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3.1-4.5
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HJ Enthoven and Sons,
Matlock, Derbyshire
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Secondary metal refiners
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3
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1.3-3.6
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2.5-5.4
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3.8-9.0
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Calder Industrial Materials Ltd,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Secondary metal refiners
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1
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1.1
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1.2
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2.3
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Vine Street Incinerator Plant,
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
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Municipal waste incinerator
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12
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1.9-8.6
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1.3-3.5
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3.4-12.1
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British Steel Engineering Steels,*
Rotherham
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Steel works
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2
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2.2, 8.1
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3.1, 8.0
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5.2, 16.1
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Britannia Recycling Ltd,
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Secondary metal refiners
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1
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1.7
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2.3
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4.0
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Recycling facility,
Milton Keynes, Bucks
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Recycling plant
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2
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0.81, 1.4
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1.5, 1.7
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2.3, 3.1
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Notes: A number of industrial processes will operate in
these areas and it is not possible, from the results of this survey, to
determine the relative contributions of any of the above sites to the levels of
dioxins and PCBs found in the milk from the farms sampled.
* - British Steel Engineering Steels, which is some
distance from the farm concerned, is identified because it was used as the
centre for the sampling area and is the major steel works in the area.
** - The ranges for combined dioxins and PCBs are not
equal to the sum of the ranges for dioxins and PCBs individually because the
highest values were not always found in the same samples; they were calculated
before rounding.
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