High fish-specific dioxin concentrations in Finland

Lancet. 2000 May 27;355(9218):1883-5. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02296-0.

Abstract

Dioxin concentrations in a population that frequently eat fish from the Baltic Sea are comparable to those seen in inhabitants of Seveso, Italy, after the accidental release of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in 1976. Individual variations in the congener patterns in human beings are similar to congener patterns in the fish species consumed.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Benzofurans / metabolism
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Diet*
  • Environmental Pollutants / administration & dosage
  • Environmental Pollutants / adverse effects
  • Environmental Pollutants / blood*
  • Finland
  • Fishes*
  • Food Contamination*
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupations
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / administration & dosage
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / adverse effects
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / blood*
  • Polymers / metabolism

Substances

  • Benzofurans
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins
  • Polymers
  • polychlorodibenzofuran