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Dioxin & Furans

Dioxins and furans accumulate in fatty tissues and are magnified up the food web (bioaccumulation). Exposure can be through eating contaminated fish and other foods and maternal transfer. There is no safe level of dioxins; even concentrations of parts-per-trillion can impact human and animal tissue. Some of the health effects of dioxins occur at levels to which all of us are exposed in our daily lives. Among these low-exposure effects are altered immune function, increased susceptibility to infections, thyroid and liver function abnormalities, weight loss, and disruption of the endocrine system. Higher levels of dioxin exposure have been linked to severe birth defects, child growth retardation, reduced levels of male reproductive hormones, altered ratios of male to female births, diabetes, and cancer. Dioxins are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the DHHS as a known human carcinogen.

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