Dioxin incinerator emissions exposure study Times Beach, Missouri.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether living in the vicinity of a hazardous waste incinerator that was burning material contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) increased TCDD and toxicity equivalencies (TEQ) in individuals living near the incinerator.


METHODS
Participants were randomly chosen from an area close to the incinerator and compared to participants outside of the exposure area. TCDD and related compounds were measured in blood serum before incineration, four months after incineration started, and at the end of incineration.


RESULTS
Lipid adjusted serum levels of TCDD and TEQ decreased from pre-incineration to four months after incineration, and decreased further by the end of incineration.


CONCLUSIONS
Incineration of TCDD did not result in any measurable exposure to the population surrounding the incinerator.
Evans
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Division of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, MO 63108, USA.
Shadel
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Roberts
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Clardy
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Jordan-Izaguirre
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Patterson
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Needham
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet; D004147:Dioxins; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005215:Fasting; D006801:Humans; D017745:Incineration; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000097:blood*
D004147:Dioxins; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins