Dioxins Links

1. Factual links

   Some of the websites providing factual information on Dioxins:

   • 1.1 Some Q&As and FAQs on dioxins
   • 1.2 More information for the non-specialist
   • 1.3 Some dioxin news sites
   • 1.4 Some policy-related websites
   • 1.5 Other recent scientific evaluations of dioxins
2. Other Views
   • 2.1 Is the WHO-IPCS report a consensus one?
   • 2.2 Some of the sites advocating that dioxins present more risk
   • 2.3 Some of the sites advocating that dioxins present less risk

See also our page containing sites linking to this Digest

1. Factual links

1.1 Some Q&As and FAQs on dioxins

• The Chlorine Chemistry Council (CCC) Q&As:
  http://dioxinfacts.org/questions_answers/index.html 
• The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Q&As:
  www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts104.html 

1.2 More information for the non-specialist

• The World Health Organization (WHO) provides a factsheet on "Dioxins and their effects on human health":
  www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs225/en/ 
• The US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) dedicates a section to dioxines:
  www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/dioxins/ 
• Health Canada provides information on its environment site about dioxins and furans:
  www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/environ/dioxin-eng.php 
• The French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) addresses dioxins at:
  www.afssa.fr/PN24I0.htm , and together with the Institut de Veille Sanitaire addresses children exposure to dioxins via breast feeding at:
  www.invs.sante.fr/presse/2002/communiques/dioxines_0302/avis_dioxines0302.html  (in French).
• DioxinFacts provides a wide array of information regarding dioxins, their release into the environment, and their effects on human health: www.dioxinfacts.org/ 

1.3 Some dioxin news sites

• The Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) journal of the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Science presents Environews on the topic of dioxins:
  http://ehis.niehs.nih.gov/topic/dioxin.html 
• The Healthfinder of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) links to recent carefully selected information and Web sites from over health-related organizations:
  www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/SearchContext.asp?topic=3684 

1.4 Some policy-related websites

• EU dioxin inventory and strategy of the Environment DG of the European Commission:
  http://ec.europa.eu/environment/dioxin/ 
• The National Center for Environmental Assessment of the US EPA provides a site on Dioxin and Related Compounds, including assessments and regulations.
  http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=55264 
• The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has adopted this interim policy guideline on dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in soils:
  www.atsdr.cdc.gov/dioxindt.html 

1.5 Other recent scientific evaluations of dioxins

• In 2002, the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) made a safety evaluation of dioxins present in food and established a provisional tolerable monthly intake (PTMI):
  www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v48je20.htm#10.0 

2. Other Views

Links in this section have been selected as examples of other views on Dioxins. This list of links is only a sample and it is not suggested that it is complete nor that it is fully representative of all the existing views. GreenFacts asbl takes no position concerning the views expressed in these linked documents.

2.1 Is the WHO-IPCS report a consensus one?

Most scientists globally agree with the conclusions of the WHO and the IPCS contained in the  Executive Summary of the Assessment of the health risk of dioxins : re-evaluation of the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) produced in 1998. An other institution having reached similar conclusions:

• In 2002, the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) made a safety evaluation of dioxins present in food and established a provisional tolerable monthly intake (PTMI): www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v48je20.htm#10.0 

2.2 Some of the sites advocating that dioxins present more risk

• A Campaign by Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice: www.greenaction.org/zerodioxin/healtheffects.shtml 

2.3 Some of the sites advocating that dioxins present less risk

• From workers in the chlorine and PVC-industry and their allies (Chlorophiles): www.ping.be/~ping5859/en/en_index.html 
• An article of the Environmental Science & Technology Online News from the American Chemical Society (American Chemical Society): http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2001/apr/policy/CC_dioxin.html