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Food Safety Research Information Office (National Agricultural Library [United States Department of Agriculture]).
Research publications on Dioxins from peer-reviewed journals. Some publications may be early view or ahead of print. Citations and abstracts are available to all users while full-text availability depends on institutional access levels.
National Agricultural Library (United States Department of Agriculture).
Searchable database for resources available to persons interested in information on Dioxins, Furans and PCBs.
Agricultural Research Service (United States Department of Agriculture).
Search for publications published and maintained by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), that deal with dioxins, furans, and PCBs.
Search ARS for publications about dioxins
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institute of Health [United States Department of Health and Human Services]).
Reviews the chemical composition and health issues associated with dioxins. Provides further resources that describe how this agency is addressing the issue.
Health Canada.
Toxic chemicals, known as dioxins and furans, can be found in the environment and in some food. The health effects of dioxins and furans, dietary exposure to dioxins and furans, minimizing your risk and the government of Canada's role are topics discussed.
Food Safety and Inspection Service (United States Department of Agriculture).
An online resource maintained by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The resource includes links to dioxin resources and historical information. FSIS conducts periodic surveys to gather information on dioxins, furans, and dioxin-like PCBs in U.S. meat and poultry products as part of a continuing effort to understand and characterize potential contaminants in the food supply.
DG Environment (European Commission); Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions (United Kingdom).
Addresses concerns of possible adverse health effects caused by exposure to trace levels of organic pollutants. Reports data of evironmental and human dioxin exposure levels assessed through different tasks.
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (Food and Drug Administration [United States Department of Health and Human Services]).
Furan is a chemical contaminant that forms in some foods during traditional heat treatment techniques, such as cooking, jarring, and canning. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has developed a method for quantitative furan measurements, surveyed furan levels in food, and conducted toxicology studies of furan in rodents.
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (Food and Drug Administration [United States Department of Health and Human Services]).
Analyzes the exposure levels of dioxin and estimates the exposure levels of these contaminants that can lead to adverse health effects. Foods collected were assessed under total diet study and non-total diet study.
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (Food and Drug Administration [United States Department of Health and Human Services]).
Presents questions and answers that provide general, background information about furans.