date:Jul 24, 2012
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) spokesman Jan Op Gen Oorth told FoodProductionDaily.com that report figures from 2008-2010 showed a general decrease in dioxin exposure from 2002-2004.
Reductions ranged from 16% to up to 19% for the general population, with a similar decrease for toddlers and children, Op Gen Oorth said.
Exposure to non-dioxin-like PCBs, a sub-set of PCBs with different toxicological properties, also decreased over the monitoring period, he added.
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