![]() ![]() Combustion events, industrial and municipal waste incineration practices, open fires and some industrial activities especially those dealing with metallurgy are well-established sources of these environmental contaminants. Accumulation of these toxicants in lipids of animals, and human exposure has been traced to animal products such as meat, eggs, milk and fish. Because of their recalcitrant nature in the environment, bioaccumulation in lipids of cells of animals and their general toxicities, this family of compounds has received increased scientific interest in pollution and toxicology research. Polychlorinated dibenzo- p-dioxin and dibenzofurans and dioxin-like compounds such as the polychlorinated biphenyls, carbazoles are in the class of persistent organic pollutants-prioritized under the Stockholm convention as the “dirty dozens”, besides being listed as group 1 human carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Dioxins and furans are no doubt the most notorious class of organochlorine toxicants in the environmental system whose adverse effects are detrimental to public health with extreme negative economic impacts. ![]()
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