Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in the food supply: strategies to decrease exposure

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by  Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Dioxins and
Dioxin-like
Compounds
in the Food Supply
Strategies to Decrease Exposure
Committee on the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply
Food and Nutrition Board
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Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in the food supply : strategies to decrease exposure /
Committee on the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply, Food and Nutrition Board.
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Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-309-08961-1 (pbk.); 0-309-52548-9 (PDF)
1. Dioxins—Toxicology. 2. Food contamination.
[DNLM: 1. Dioxins—adverse effects. 2. Food Contamination—prevention & control.
3. Environmental Monitoring—methods. 4. Food Supply—standards. 5. Risk Manage-
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Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply.
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COMMITTEE ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF
DIOXIN IN THE FOOD SUPPLY
ROBERT S. LAWRENCE (chair), Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
DENNIS M. BIER, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of
Medicine, Houston, Texas
ROBERT E. BROYLES, Chesterfield, Missouri
DOROTHY R. CALDWELL, North Carolina Initiative for Healthy Weight in
Children and Youth, Division of Public Health, Raleigh, North Carolina
DAVID O. CARPENTER, Environmental Health and Toxicology, School of
Public Health, University at Albany, Rensselaer, New York
JULIE A. CASWELL, Department of Resource Economics, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst
KEITH R. COOPER, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers
University, Cook College, New Brunswick, New Jersey
JAMES K. HAMMITT, Department of Health Policy and Management,
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
GAIL G. HARRISON, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA
School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
JAMES T. HEIMBACH, JHeimbach LLC, Washington, DC
BARBARA A. KNUTH, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York
JAMES D. MCKEAN, Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production
Animal, Iowa State University, Ames
PIETER J.J. SAUER, Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen,
University Hospital, Groningen, Netherlands
ROBERT E. SMITH, R.E. Smith Consulting, Inc., Newport, Vermont
MICHAEL R. TAYLOR, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC
KATHERINE L. TUCKER, Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston,
Massachusetts
Consultant
A. JOHN BAILER, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio
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Food and Nutrition Board Staff
ANN YAKTINE, Study Director
TAZIMA A. DAVIS, Research Assistant
SANAIT TESFAGIORGIS, Senior Project Assistant (through September
2002)
SYBIL BOGGIS, Senior Project Assistant (from September 2002)
Contributing Staff from the National Academies
TINA ROUSE, Program Officer, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
ABIGAIL MITCHELL, Program Officer, Board on Environmental Studies
and Toxicology
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FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD
CATHERINE E. WOTEKI (chair), College of Agriculture, Iowa State
University, Ames
ROBERT M. RUSSELL (vice chair), U.S. Department of Agriculture Jean
Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University,
Boston, Massachusetts
LARRY R. BEUCHAT, Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia,
Griffin
BENJAMIN CABALLERO, Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
SUSAN FERENC, SAF Risk, LC, Madison, Wisconsin
NANCY F. KREBS, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center, Denver
SHIRIKI KUMANYIKA, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
LYNN PARKER, Child Nutrition Programs and Nutrition Policy, Food
Research and Action Center, Washington, DC
PER PINSTRUP-ANDERSEN, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York
A. CATHERINE ROSS, Nutrition Department, The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park
BARBARA O. SCHNEEMAN, Department of Nutrition, University of
California at Davis
NICHOLAS J. SCHORK, Polymorphism Research Laboratory, University of
California, San Diego
JOHN W. SUTTIE, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
STEVE L. TAYLOR, Department of Food Science and Technology and Food
Processing Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
BARRY L. ZOUMAS, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural
Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Staff
ALLISON A. YATES, Director
LINDA MEYERS, Deputy Director
GAIL SPEARS, Staff Editor
GERALDINE KENNEDO, Administrative Assistant
GARY WALKER, Financial Associate
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Reviewers
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their
diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures ap-
proved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this indepen-
dent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institu-
tion in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the
report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness
to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confiden-
tial to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the
following individuals for their review of this report:
Ransom L. Baldwin, University of California, Davis
Alfred O. Berg, University of Washington School of Medicine
Tim Byers, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Edward M. Cooney, Congressional Hunger Center
Joanna T. Dwyer, Tufts New England Medical Center
George Fries, Silver Spring, Maryland
Helen H. Jensen, Iowa State University
J. Michael McGinnis, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Lars Noah, University of Florida College of Law
Timothy D. Phillips, Texas A&M University
Frank E. Speizer, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine
Virginia A. Stallings, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Lynn B. Willett, The Ohio State University
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