The original booklet can be ordered from the KTL library . This web site contains an updated version with minor changes. General introduction Burning produces dioxins Dioxins and some PCBs cause multiple toxic effects. Dioxins and PCBs accumulate in the human body.
Risk assessment is tricky.
Common sources of errors and practical difficulties. Encyclopedia from A to C from D to O from P to Q from R to Z Tables and figures Structure of the booklet. The aim of this booklet is to give information on PCBs and dioxins as you need it, without having to read through all possible scientific details, but having an option to reach some whenever necessary. Some references to further reading and the most essential sources are occasionally given. Since dioxin literature is full of phrases and definitions which are not part of everyday language, some crucial pieces of general information are also given, starting from the measures of picogram quantities all the way through some basic facts on pharmacokinetics, the fate and behaviour of chemicals in our body.