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Food Surveillance Information Sheet


Food Surveillance Information Sheet Number 184

Table 1: Summary of upper bound dietary exposure to dioxins and PCBs (pg WHO-TEQ/kg bodyweight/day) of adults, school children and toddlers re-estimated from the 1982 and 1992 TDS surveys using WHO-TEFs
Table 2: Marine fish samples analysed for dioxins and PCBs
Table 3: Concentrations of dioxins and PCBs in edible tissue samples from marine fish, collected in 1995/96 (ng WHO-TEQ/kg fat)
Table 4: Estimated upper bound dietary exposure of adults to dioxins and PCBs from marine fish and the rest of the diet (pg WHO-TEQ/kg body weight/day)
Table 5: Estimated upper bound dietary exposures of schoolchildren to dioxins and PCBs via marine fish and the rest of the diet (pg WHO-TEQ/kg body weight/day)
Table 6: Summary of upper bound dietary exposure to PCDD/Fs and PCBs (pg WHO-TEQ/kg bodyweight/day) of adults, school children and toddlers estimated from the 1992 TDS, marine fish and trout surveys.
Table 7: Comparison of concentrations of dioxins and PCBs in the current survey with those found in surveys in other countries

Table 6: Summary of upper bound dietary exposure to PCDD/Fs and PCBs (pg WHO-TEQ/kg bodyweight/day) of adults, school children and toddlers estimated from the 1992 TDS, marine fish and trout surveys.

Age group Estimated upper bound dietary exposure (pg WHO-TEQ/kg bodyweight/day)
Average consumers High level consumers
Dioxins PCBs Total Dioxins PCBs Total
Toddlers - age 1.5-2.5 years 4.0 2.4 6.5 6.3 3.8 10
Toddlers - age 2.5-3.5 years 3.7 2.3 6.0 5.5 3.4 8.9
Toddlers - age 3.5-4.5 years (boys)1 3.6 2.2 5.9 5.1 3.1 8.3
Toddler - age 3.5-4.5 years (girls) 3.4 2.1 5.5 5.1 3.1 8.3
School children - age 10-15 years 1.9 0.94 2.8 3.1 1.6 4.7
Adults 1.6 1.0 2.6 2.9 2.9 5.6

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