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Dioxin Problem in German Feed
Problems have spread from poultry to pigs.
Compiled by staff
Published: Jan 12, 2011
Germany's dioxin scandal began with problems in poultry and eggs. But it has now widened to include pigs. German authorities have ordered 140 pigs slaughtered after tests showed illegal levels of dioxin in swine at a farm near Verden in Lower Saxony state. Tainted feed is believed to be responsible for the problem.
The German firm Harles & Jentzsch GmbH, which produced fat used in the tainted feed pellets, is being investigated over allegations it did not alert authorities to the tainted product for months. Tests have shown that fat samples contained more than 70 times the permitted amount of dioxin.
The scandal broke last week when German investigators found excessive levels of dioxin in eggs and some chicken. Authorities then froze sales of poultry, eggs and, as a precaution, pork, from thousands of farms as some countries banned German farm products. Some 558 German farms are now closed.
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NETHERLANDS & GERMANY - The German authorities have found dioxins in organic eggs in nine federal states. The source has been identified as maize from the Ukraine, which was used by a Dutch feed compounder and then exported to German producers.
Where does dioxin come from?
No one makes dioxin on purpose. Historically, incinerators, the manufacture of certain herbicides, pulp and paper bleaching were among the largest industrial sources of dioxin.
The chemical 2,3,7,8 –TCDD belonging to the dioxin family of chemicals has the reputation of being labeled ‘the most toxic chemical on Earth’.
A large historical study of workers showed increased rates of cancer, possibly from dioxin.
Initial lab tests on a variety of animals showed dioxin to be a lethal carcinogen. It was, for instance a thousand times more poisonous to guinea pigs than arsenic. It also gained some notoriety when in 1997, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) a part of the WHO, classed 2,3,7,8-TCDD as a group 1 carcinogen meaning that it was a known human carcinogen. Also a recent study carried out in July 2002 has linked dioxin with an increased incidence of breast cancer. (silent-spring.com)
The Germans should consider how far chemical plants, or factories, are from the farm. They should test the farms soil and if possible the surrounding air at that farm and possibility of Genetically Engineered Grains. From the GMO Grain to the meat and eggs you eat. Is it harmful? Science says yes.
To say dioxin is not harmful is to not face reality. We were also led to believe DDT was not harmful.
John
REF:
1. Assessment of the Health Risk of Dioxins: Re-Evaluation of the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI), Executive Summary, World Health Organization, 1998.
2. Questions and Answers About Dioxins, Interagency Working Group on Dioxin (representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Commerce, Department of State, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy), October 2004.
3. dioxinfacts.org
4. Search in any search engine for Dangers of Dioxin
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