Dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs: occurrence in food and dietary intake in France

Alexandra Tard (1) , Sophie Gallotti (2) , Jean-Charles Leblanc (1) , Jean-Luc J.L. Volatier (1)

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PCDD/Fs and DL-PCBs contamination data in food products consumed in France collected from national monitoring programs (2001 to 2004) and representing analytical results on almost 800 individual food samples were combined with food consumption data from the French national dietary survey to estimate PCDD/Fs and DL-PCBs dietary intakes, expressed as toxic equivalents (WHO-TEQs). The mean PCDD/Fs and DL-PCBs intake was estimated at 1.8 and 2.8 pg WHO-TEQ/kg bw/d respectively for adults (15 years and over) and children (3-14 years). Main contributors to total intake are fish and milk products for both children and adults (respectively 48% and 31% for adults and 34 and 43% for children). DL-PCBs constitute the largest contamination part in most of foodstuffs. Life-long intake estimate show that a sizeable part of the French population has an intake above the tolerable monthly intake for dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs of 70 pg WHO-TEQ/kg bw/month (JECFA, 2001).

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Alexandra Tard, Sophie Gallotti, Jean-Charles Leblanc, Jean-Luc J.L. Volatier. Dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs: occurrence in food and dietary intake in France. Food Additives and Contaminants, 2007, 24 (09), pp.1007-1017. ⟨10.1080/02652030701317293⟩. ⟨hal-00577291⟩