2 | TheTrueToxic Toll - Biomonitoring research on persistent organic pollutants in the environment of theRECWaste Incinerator, Harlingen, the Netherlands Introduction In 2013 ToxicoWatch (TW) initiated biomonitoring studies on dioxins in eggs of backyard chickens owned by private chicken coop owners in the vicinity of the recently built the REC Waste-to-Energy (WtE) inc. [...] The chemical analysis required for commercial eggs after surpassing the DR CALUX limit reveals a value of 4.4 pg TEQ/g fat for the sum 29 congeners of chlorinated dioxins (PCDD/F/dl-PCB), excluding the contribution of brominated 5 | TheTrueToxic Toll - Biomonitoring research on persistent organic pollutants in the environment of theRECWaste Incinerator, Harlingen, the Netherlands dioxins, which ar. [...] The concentration of PFAS measured in the egg yolk at location Wijnaldum is comparable to the high values recorded in the vicinity of the fluorochemical plant Antwerp, as well as the results obtained from the environment surrounding a fluorochemical plant in Wuhan (Wang et al. [...] Conversely, at the reference location in Warmond (province SH), situated in the green heart of the Netherlands and devoid of waste incinerators in its vicinity, no PFAS was detected in eggs. [...] Accurately measuring temperatures in the PCZ remains a difficult task, with the evaluation status still questioned by the technical committee as of 2014 for the REC incinerator in Harlingen.3 A review conducted by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in 2020 revealed that temperatures applied in the REC incinerator are still unknown.4 In other biomonitoring research conduct.
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