Other Opinions and Sources of Information
Dow encourages you to visit the web sites listed below as they provide reputable, alternative opinions and approaches.
Government-sponsored sites:
- Australia Department of the Environment and Water Resources
- Environment Canada
- European Commission and Food Contaminants – Dioxins
- European Food Safety Authority
- Government of Japan
- Health Canada
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
- Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency
- Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)
- National Public Health Institute of Finland (1.3MB PDF)
- National Academy of Sciences
- New Zealand Ministry of Health
- Stockholm Treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
- U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) – toxicological profile
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Other views:
- American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
- Canadian Chlorine Chemistry Council (C4)
- Chlorine Chemistry Division (C2) of the American Chemistry Council
- Eurochlor
- International Food Information Council (IFIC)
- INFORM Inc.
- National Center for Public Policy Research’s Envirotruth
Health Reviews:
- Dioxin and cancer: a critical review
Cole P, Trichopoulos D, Pastides H, Starr T, Mandel JS.
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA - The U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board Evaluation (2001) of the EPA Dioxin Reassessment
Paustenbach, D.J., EPA Science Advisory Board
- Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds: Evaluation of the EPA Reassessment
Eaton, D. et al, The National Academy of Sciences
- University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study
Garabrant, D. et al, The University of Michigan
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