Honey, why do my Cheerios have dibenzo-p-dioxins?

[Guest guest]

These researchers are contending that restricting your dairy and

cereal intake is your only hope for escape from the dreaded

polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins that you were always warned about

but were too haughty to care about.

The values were generated from a population of athletes in Spain, so

one would have to accept that one's level of " background " pollution

was comparable to Catalonia. I don't have alcazares in my

picturesque horizon, but, I do have a lot of rather formidable

highways encircling me.

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Food Chem Toxicol. 2005 Jul 4; [Epub ahead of print]

Health risks of dietary intake of environmental pollutants by elite

sportsmen and sportswomen.

" The dietary intake of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), lead

(Pb), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs),

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated diphenyl

ethers (PCDEs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs),

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-

dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) by elite sportsmen and

sportswomen of Catalonia, Spain, was assessed. In 2000, food samples

were randomly acquired in various cities of Catalonia....In general

terms, elite sportsmen and sportswomen showed a higher intake of Cd,

Hg, Pb, HCB, PCNs, PCDD/Fs and PAHs than the general population,

while it was lower for PCDEs (both sexes), and PCBs and PBDEs

(women). According to the FAO/WHO provisional tolerable weekly intake

(PTWI) for metals, the WHO tolerable daily intake (TDI) for HCB, and

the US EPA's reference dose (RfD) for PAHs, the dietary intakes of

environmental pollutants should not mean a potential toxic hazard.

However, the WHO-TDI for PCDD/Fs and " dioxin-like " PCBs is exceeded

in sportsmen. The current results indicate that the consumption of

those food groups showing the highest contribution to the intake of

these pollutants should be diminished. In relation to this, the

reduction of the consumption of dairy products and cereals would be

important. " - PMID: 16002201

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