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Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply Strategies to Decrease Exposure (2003) / Chapter Skim
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1. Introduction
Pages 13-16

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... Postindustrial sources are varied and include industrial burning (e.g., steel, coke, ceramic, and foundry) , landfill fires, structural fires, utility pole and transformer storage yards, crematories, and backyard barrel burning of trash and woody and other plant material.
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... THE COMMITTEE AND ITS CHARGE Following a request by federal agencies to the National Academies, an expert committee was appointed to review existing reports on the impact of DLCs on the safety of the food supply and to offer options to further reduce exposure to these contaminants, while considering the need to maintain health and optimize nutritional status, particularly with regard to sensitive and highly exposed groups. The Food and Nutrition Board, in consultation with the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, brought together an ad hoc committee to study the implications of DLCs in the food supply.
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... identify and describe efforts in the United States and other countries to decrease dioxin exposures of specific subgroups of the population through public health or risk communication initiatives, and assess the extent to which federal food and nutrition policies contribute to decreasing exposure to 1- . aloxlns.
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... The content of this report reflects the committee' s fidelity to its charge. The committee utilized the available evidence as the basis of its deliberations and recommendations to reduce the impact of DLC exposure through the food supply.
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