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Risk Factors Affecting Blood PCDDs and PCDFs in Residents Living near an Industrial Incinerator in Korea

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The contamination sources of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), such as industrial incinerators, can potentially change the blood levels and isomer patterns of PCDD/DFs in residents living near the incinerators. In this study, we estimated whether the blood levels and isomer patterns of PCDD/DFs in residents living near an incinerator were affected by its presence and investigated factors that characterize the risk of high exposure to PCDD/DFs in the area. We estimated the blood levels and homologue patterns of PCDD/DFs in a group of 40 residents living within 5 km of an industrial incinerator and in a group of 20 residents living 20 km away from an incinerator. We cannot assert that the operation of incinerator facilities was only cause of increased PCDD/DFs in these residents; however, the operation of incinerator facilities in agricultural areas increased PCDD/DF exposure to individuals. The group living next to the industrial incinerator especially represented the typical isomer pattern in which the proportions of OCDDs were lower and those of PCDFs higher than those in the other groups. The high-risk population with increased blood levels of PCDD/DFs included those who had lived longer in the contaminated area as well as those who frequently ate contaminated foods.

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The authors are grateful to the Ministry of Environment, Korea, for supporting this study with a grant.

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  1. Department of Occupational Medicine, Inha University Hospital, 206-7 Third Street Shinheung-dong, Jung-ku, Incheon, 400-103, Korea

    J. H. Leem

  2. Environmental Planning Institute, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shillim-dong, Kwanak-ku, Seoul, 151-742, Korea

    D. S. Lee

  3. Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Chunbuk National University, 664-14 1ga Duckjin-Dong Duckjin-Gu, Jeonju Jeonbuk, 561-756, Korea

    J. H. Leem & J. Kim

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Leem, J.H., Lee, D.S. & Kim, J. Risk Factors Affecting Blood PCDDs and PCDFs in Residents Living near an Industrial Incinerator in Korea. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 51, 478–484 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-004-0191-0

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