Populations Exposed to Elevated Levels
Population Levels Reference
Workers at
chlorophenol
plants, n = 5000
Serum levels in
hundreds of ppt
TCDD
Fingerhut et al., 1990
Baltic Sea fishermen,
n = 11
Blood TEQ levels
3 times higher than
in nonfishermen
Svensson et al., 1991
Canadian fishermen, n = 10
PCBs in blood 20 times
higher than controls
Dewailly et al., 1994
Nursing infants,
n = 42
TEQ intake ~50 times
higher than adults on
body weight basis
WHO and U.S. data
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