About this Digest on Dioxins

1. Sources for this Digest
   
2. Current Status
   
3. Digest Publication History
   

1. Sources for this Digest

The material content of most of the texts on Level 3 (Questions 2 to 6) is directly sourced from the  Executive Summary of the Assessment of the health risk of dioxins  : re-evaluation of the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI), a leading scientific report produced in 1998 by a large international panel of scientists of the IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety) and WHO (World Health Organization).

Note from the editor: In 2008, this source is still considered a valid reference. Since 1998, there have been no big changes in our scientific understanding of dioxins - other than to strengthen the conclusions that dioxins are bad actors. General dioxin levels have since continued to drop both in the environment and in people.

The Level 3 texts of the introduction "1. What are dioxins" come from a different source:

• “Public Health Statement for Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs) ”, a document produced in December 1998 by the ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry).

The Levels 1 & 2 have been written by Dr. Ludo Holsbeek in collaboration with the GreenFacts team.

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2. Current Status

Approved for publication by the GreenFacts Scientific Board.

3. Digest Publication History

The GreenFacts publication process is designed to ensure as high a degree of objectivity as possible.

First draft

The first draft of this Digest was produced by Dr. Ludo Holsbeek in June 2003 on the basis of a canvas prepared by the GreenFacts Editorial Team.

Second draft

The second draft of this Digest was produced in January 2004 by Dr. Ludo Holsbeek after review by the GreenFacts Editorial Team.

Preliminary and Peer review

The final draft of this Digest was produced in July 2004 by Dr. Ludo Holsbeek after pre-review by experts from environmental and industrial organizations (see our  pre review form) and peer review by 3 independent scientists selected by the GreenFacts Scientific Board (see our  peer review form). Final corrections were added under the supervision of the GreenFacts Scientific Board in August 2004.

Publication

Final publication was authorized by the President of the GreenFacts Scientific Board in August 2004.

Press Release

13 December 2004:
Get the reliable facts on health effects of dioxins.Read the Press Release.

Updates or subsequent post-publication revisions

In 2008, the ongoing validity of source document and GreenFacts summary on Dioxins was checked and confirmed by peer reviewer Linda Birnbaum and GreenFacts President and peer-review coordinator Douglas McGregor.

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