The group of chemicals known as dioxins have sparked numerous health scares in the last few years, having accumulated in the food chain thereby contaminating meat, fish, fruit and vegetables. Just how ...

Levels of cancer-causing dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl) in food have fallen by around 50% over three years, according to a study published by the Food Standards Agency. The ...

Exposure to dioxins during pregnancy harms the cells in rapidly-changing breast tissue, which may explain why some women have trouble breastfeeding or don't produce enough milk, according to a ...

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Reports show that as many as 80,000 different chemicals are bombarding us in one way or another every single day. For my money, one of the most treacherous of them all is dioxin, the name given to a ...

A study in Australia looking at levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in food and drinks has found no food safety concerns for consumers. The 26th Australian Total Diet Study (ATDS) by Food ...

CHICAGO -- Exposure to the ubiquitous dioxin chemicals was linked with thyroid dysfunction, a new study found. Using National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) data, researchers led ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on Tuesday slashed its recommended limits in food of dioxins and related toxins - chemicals that have been linked to problems with ...

BRUSSELS/HAMBURG (Reuters) - France and Denmark were the latest countries drawn into Germany's dioxin food scare on Monday, after an EU official said tainted animal feed had been exported from Germany ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the Environmental Protection Agency last week ordered testing for dioxins after the recent train derailment and fire in East ...