DIOXIN EATERS

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DIOXINS IN FOOD

 

Dioxins are the most toxic substances ever produced by man.

These byproducts of industrial processes are found in the

environment, and are said to be extremely carcinogenic.

 

In 1999, the World Health Organization held a dioxin

conference in Geneva, Switzerland, and determined that

90% of Dioxins ingested by humans come from

milk and dairy products and meat.

 

The Polish journal " Rocz Panstw " reported (1999, Volume 50;3):

 

" Dioxins are highly toxic by-products of many industrial

processes, e.g. chemical and municipal waste incineration

or production of chlorophenols. These compounds penetrate

the environment via air, water and soil and are then incorporated

in food chains. The major source of human exposure (90% of

total exposition) is consumption of a wide variety of common

foods (meat, fish and dairy products) containing small amounts

of Dioxins. Food contamination with dioxins leads to enhanced

accumulation of these compounds in human tissues to the

extent of exceeding acceptable level. "

 

It should be no surprise that the higher one eats on the food

chain, the more concentrated Dioxins are in the flesh of those

who sit atop that food chain.

 

On March 11, 1938 UPI reported:

 

" Dioxins are the most deadly substances ever assembled

by man...170,000 times as deadly as cyanide... "

 

Who ingests the highest amounts of Dioxins, then?

Breastfeeding infants, whose moms are meat eaters and

milk drinkers.

 

A study published in the April, 2001 issue of the

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

presents an ongoing study by Dr. Arnold Schecter

and his colleagues to determine the extent and effect

of Dioxin exposure.

 

Schecter, working at the University of Texas School

of Public Health, has determined that Americans are

getting 22 times the maximum Dioxin exposure

suggested by the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency from their food. Nursing infants receive

between 35 and 65 times the safe dosage.

 

Schecter identifies meat and dairy products as the

biggest culprits.

 

Simultaneous to Schecter's work, a group of European

scientists have been testing butter for levels of organic

pollutants. Scientists at the University of Lancaster

have discovered that Dioxins remain in fat. Butter is

pure fat. What better way to gauge mankind's pollution

problem? Scientists have the ability to test samples of

butter, by region, to determine flows of Dioxins.

 

Will the Environmental Protection Agency test

dairy products in America? They may find something

that politicians and dairy producers would rather not

know.

 

To eat Dioxins, or not eat Dioxins. That is the question.

In an effort to limit Dioxin exposure, Ben & Jerry's ice cream

company started using Dioxin-free packaging. This was a nice

first step. Unfortunately for them, Steve Milloy, author of

junkscience.com tested samples of Ben's ice cream

for Dioxins. Here's what the Detroit Free Press published

on November 8, 1999:

 

" The level of Dioxin in a single serving of the Ben & Jerry's

World's Best Vanilla Ice Cream tested was almost 200

times greater than the 'virtually safe [daily] dose' determined

by the Environmental Protection Agency. "

 

Ben & Jerry's promotional material makes this claim:

 

" The only safe level of Dioxin exposure is no exposure at all. "

 

Take seriously the January 1998 report in the Journal of

Animal Science:

 

" The lipophilic nature of Dioxins results in higher

concentrations in the fat of animal and fish products,

and their excretion via milk secretion in dairy cattle may

result in relatively high concentrations of Dioxin

contamination in high-fat dairy products. "

 

Robert Cohen

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Dioxin in Food

Scientists Find 22 Times the Recommended Maximum Level in Food

 

The Associated Press

March 30, 2001

 

....Meat and dairy products are considered the biggest sources. Dioxins

concentrate in animal fat, and the best way to avoid them is to eat more

fruits and vegetables.

 

" This is just one more reason for having less animal fats in our diets, "

Schecter told the Houston Chronicle in today's editions. " Blood samples from

pure vegans, who consume no animal products, show that they have less

dioxins in their bodies than average Americans. " ...

 

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/dioxin010330.html