title: Update of PCDD/PCDF-intake from food in Germany.
abstract: Between 1993 and 1996, 1414 food samples were collected in the south-western part of Germany and analysed for PCDD/PCDF contamination. The mean daily intake was calculated as 0.88 pg I-TEQ/kg b.w/day. The results show that the actual PCDD/PCDF intake is about half of the intake calculated for Germany between 1986 and 1991. Now, the mean daily intake is below the amount of 1 pg I-TEQ/kg b.w./day which should not be exceeded with respect to the value of precaution in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Chemische Landesuntersuchungsanstalt Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malisch
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis*; D004032:Diet; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D012989:Soil Pollutants