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Assesment of the situation, three years later, on 'the Belgian Dioxin Crisis'. Probable impact on the health of the Belgian population
Focant, Jean-François; Pirard, Catherine; Douny, Caroline et al.
2002In Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire, 146 (6, DEC-JAN), p. 321-327
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Abstract :
[en] In January 1999, Belgium encounters an accidental contamination of the food chain, which was named "the Belgian Dioxin Crisis". The aim of the present review is to estimate the impact of this crisis on public health. Currently, it does not really exist any exhaustive epidemiological study. Various scientific studies actually report somewhat conflicting results. As an example, concerning the population living in Wallonia, recorded dioxin levels are not higher than background levels reported for other industrialized countries, despite the 1999 "dioxin crisis". Conversely, based on levels measured in foodstuffs collected by the end of the crisis period, the dioxin body burden of potential consumers would have increased in the range of 40 to 75 %. The real impact of this crisis on consumers' health could thus only be estimated through well structured epidemiological campaigns.
Research center :
CART - Centre Interfacultaire d'Analyse des Résidus en Traces - ULiège
FARAH - Veterinary Public Health
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Focant, Jean-François  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Chimie analytique
Pirard, Catherine  
Douny, Caroline  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Analyse des denrées alimentaires
Scippo, Marie-Louise  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Analyse des denrées alimentaires
De Pauw, Edwin  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie physique, spectrométrie de masse
Maghuin-Rogister, Guy ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires
Language :
French
Title :
Assesment of the situation, three years later, on 'the Belgian Dioxin Crisis'. Probable impact on the health of the Belgian population
Publication date :
2002
Journal title :
Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire
ISSN :
0003-4118
eISSN :
1781-3875
Publisher :
Annales Medecine Veterinaire, Liege, Belgium
Volume :
146
Issue :
6, DEC-JAN
Pages :
321-327
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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