Recent Biomonitoring Data for POP Studies in food and human

Scientific conference (2010, March)

GCXGC coupled to fast scanning quadrupole MS for trace analysis of POPs

in Book of abstracts (2010, January)

Dietary intake of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs of the Belgian Population

in Chemosphere (2010), 79

The World Health Organization recommends assessing human exposure to contaminants on a regular basis. In order to assess the current dietary exposure of the Belgian adult population to PCDD/Fs and dioxin ... [more ▼]

The World Health Organization recommends assessing human exposure to contaminants on a regular basis. In order to assess the current dietary exposure of the Belgian adult population to PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs and to update exposure estimates of 2000–2001, a total diet study was designed. The mean dietary intake of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in the Belgian adult population in 2008 was estimated to be 0.72 pg TEQ kgbw-1 d-1 (middle bound concentrations, TEF of 1998) based on occurrence data of 2008 and national food consumption data of 2004. This value is clearly below the Tolerable Weekly Intake (TWI) of 14 pg TEQ kgbw-1 week-1 set by the Scientific Committee on Food of the European Commission and below the provisional tolerable monthly intake of 70 pg TEQ kgbw-1 month-1 set by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Considering the cumulative distribution, the intake was less than 1 pg TEQ kgbw-1 d-1 for more than 80% of the population, and less than 2 pg TEQ kgbw-1 d-1 for the entire population. When using the 2005 TEF instead of the 1998 TEF, the mean dietary intake in the Belgian adult population was estimated to be 0.61 pg TEQ kgbw-1 d-1. [less ▲]

GCxGC with TOFMS and qMS for POP Analyses

Scientific conference (2009, December)

Total Solution for Rapid Sample Preparation Procedure

Scientific conference (2009, August)

History and latest developments of FMS products

Scientific conference (2009, June)

A total solution for the fast measurement of ultra-trace levels of dioxins and PCBs in food using automated hyphenated techniques

Scientific conference (2009, May)

The analytical chemistry of dioxins and PCBs

Scientific conference (2009, May)

Human Serum biomonitoring: Methodology and Intercalibration

Scientific conference (2009, March)

Cooking up a solution. Same-day testing of dioxins and PCBs for food safety is now feasible.

in Chromatography Techniques (2009)