You are here: Home / Pathogens and Contaminants / Chemical and Phyisical Contaminants / Dioxins, Furans and PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) Resource List     Provides online resources for dioxins, furans, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs, a group of toxic organic food contaminants. Types of resources include fact sheets, reports, organizations,and databases. On this page...General Information/FactsheetsReportsOrganizations/AgenciesDatabases/ListservesJournals/BooksNewsletters/Press ReleasesEducation General Information/Factsheets Dioxin Exposure and Health European Commission. Environment Directorate General. Dioxins and Furans Health Canada. Dioxins and Furans Environmental Protection Agency. Dioxins and Their Effects on Human Health World Health Organization. Dioxins in Fish and Shellfish Environmental Defense. Oceans Alive Campaign. Dioxins, Furans, and PCBs Asian Food Information Centre. PCBs and Dioxins in Salmon World Health Organization. PCBs in Fish and Shellfish Environmental Defense. Oceans Alive Campaign. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Environmental Protection Agency. Polychlorinated Dioxins and Furans Fact Sheet Australian Government. National Pollutant Inventory. Questions and Answers about Dioxins DHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Questions and Answers on the Occurrence of Furan in Food DHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Safety Evaluation Of Certain Food Additives and Contaminants: Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins, Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans, and Coplanar Polychlorinated Biphenyls World Health Organizaton Reports Compilation of EU Dioxin Exposure and Health Data European Commission. Environment Directorate General. Dioxin Analysis Results/Exposure Estimates DHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Dioxin in the U.S. Food Supply Chlorine Chemistry Council. Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in the Food Supply: Strategies to Decrease Exposure Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Dioxins and other POPs in by-products, recyclates and wastes and their potential to enter the food chain – Stage II European Commission. Environment Directorate General. Draft Dioxin Reassessment, September 2000 Environmental Protection Agency. Evaluation of the Occurrence of PCDD/PCDF and POPs in Wastes and Their Potential to Enter the Foodchain (PDF) European Commission. Environment Directorate General. Levels of Dioxins, Furans and PCBs in Irish milk, 1991 - 2001 Food Safety Authority of Ireland.     Guidelines/Regulations: Furan in Food, Thermal Treatment; Request for Data and Information DHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Guidance for Industry: Possible Dioxin/PCB Contamination of Drug and Biological Products FDA. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.     Annual/Progress: Polychlorinated dioxins and furans Summary - All sources: Australia Australian Government. National Pollutant Inventory. Organizations/Agencies EPA National Center for Environmental Assessment USDA Food Safety Inspection Service DioxinFacts.org European Commission. Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General. National Chlorine Council - Understanding Dioxins Research and Productivity Council Databases Database of Sources of Environmental Releases of Dioxin-Like Compounds in the United States EPA. National Center for Environmental Assessment. Toxicology Data Network NIH. National Library of Medicine. Newsletters/Press Releases Belgium Monitors Small Number of Farms for Dioxin Reuters. This document was created by Tara Smith. Users are encouraged to provide feedback and comments. This document was created in Mar 2006; Updated in Mar 2008.

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