Cent Eur J Public Health 1998, 6(2):133-135
Emission and propagation in the atmosphere of dioxins and absorption capability of the human body
- Chair of Technologies and Installations for Waste Management, Silesian Technical University, Gliwice, Poland
Emission of dioxins and furanes (PCDDs/PCDFs) is often treated as the most dangerous phenomena for human health. Sometimes we face real social panic created on this basis mainly in countries where proper quality of measurements is difficult to achieve and presence of compounds of that type is suspected also in combustion processes where chlorine is absent. In the paper, on the basis of analyze of creation of compounds PCDDs/PCDFs their influence on human health is presented taking into consideration their propagation in atmosphere and capability of their absorption by human being. According to a legal and international scientific data analysis showing the real level of danger relevant to the compounds PCDDs and PCDFs in atmosphere was carried out. In the paper theoretical experiment showing path and accumulation of compound PCDDs/PCDF in human body is described. Possible concentration originated from specific installations is compared to average concentration of compounds of that type in bodies of people living in industrialized countries. As a conclusion we tried to estimate real influence of specific installations for whole population. There is calculated total time needed to reach average concentration of dioxins present in adipose tissue of normally living human body - just as a result of breathing. This could be the basis to determine real importance of paths of absorption of dioxins by human body.
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