DIOXINS – THEIR INFLUENCE ON HUMAN HEALTH AND THE CONTAMINATION OF PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN
Journal Title: Folia Pomeranae Universitatis Technologiae Stetinensis Agricultura Alimentaria Piscaria et Zootechnica - Year 2016, Vol 39, Issue 328
Abstract
Dioxins represent a group of compounds that are toxic to both humans and animals. Due to their enormous persistence, dioxins accumulate in the environment and organisms on each level of the food chain. For the sake of public health safety, all necessary measures should be taken in order to reduce the emission of dioxins to the environment. Laboratories should examine food for the presence of these substances and legal regulations on food safety standards should be introduced in terms of their tolerable concentrations in food products and animal feed. The aim of the study was to present the current state of knowledge on the toxicity of dioxins, how they threat human and animal health, what preventive measures and regulations are at place to protect consumers against products contaminated with dioxins.
Authors and Affiliations
Marcin RÓŻEWICZ, Elżbieta BOMBIK, Alina JANOCHA, Katarzyna ŁAGOWSKA, Małgorzata BEDNARCZYK
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