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Alphabetical Listing of Reference Documents by Title
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Air Quality Planning & Standards: Summaries of Related Solid Waste Incineration Rules
Abstract: Describes Federal Regulations.
Source: United States Senate
URL: http://www.epa.gov/airprogm/oar/oaqps/takingtoxics/p3.html
Continuing EPA Efforts To Reduce the Public's Exposure to Dioxin Risks [PDF]
Abstract: Lists actions taken by the EPA to decrease dioxin releases and contamination.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
URL: http://www.epa.gov/ncea/pdfs/dioxin/factsheets/dioxin_regs.p
df
Dioxin Exposure Initiative
Abstract: Focuses on three major aspects of the Dioxin Exposure Initiative (DEI): Sources Forward, Human Exposure Backwards, and Dioxin Sediment Trends. This is a way for the Environmental Protection Agency to link dioxin sources to population exposures.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
URL: http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=15239
Dioxins and Furans: Where They Come From
Abstract: Covers how dioxins and furans are produced through manufacturing and burning.
Source: Know Your Environment: A Publication of the Environmental Associates
URL: http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/topichub/107/dioxins_and_fu
rans-where_they_come_from.htm
Dioxins and Their Effects on Human Health
Abstract: Discusses chemistry and sources of dioxins, health effects associated with dioxins, how people can lower their dioxin intake, and what the World Health Organization is doing to lower dioxin levels in the food chain.
Source: World Health Organization
URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs225/en/index.htm
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Effluent Guidelines: Pulp and Paper Rule-Making Actions
Abstract: Contains regulatory information on pulp, paper, and paperboard mills' emissions; fact sheets on pulp and paper industries; and supporting documents on the Pulp and Paper Cluster Rule.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
URL: http://water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/guide/pulppaper/index
.cfm
EPA's Final Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard [PDF]
Abstract: Discusses EPA's Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Cluster Rule and its impacts.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
URL: http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/pulppaper/jd/fs1.pdf
Estimating Exposure to Dioxin-Like Compounds Volume I: Executive Summary
Abstract: Contains sections on properties, sources, environmental levels, and background sources of dioxin; site-specific assessment procedures for dioxin; and recommendations for future dioxin research.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
URL: http://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?dirEntry
ID=43870
Estimating the Bioaccumulation of Dioxin and Related Compounds in Aquatic Life and Associated Wildlife
Abstract: Discusses a project to track dioxin as it bioaccumulates through the environment.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
URL: http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=22467
Love Canal
Abstract: Contains overview of the Love Canal, which was contaminated with high levels of dioxins; focuses on the site description, contamination, cleanup approach, and current status.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
URL: http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/history/topics/lovecanal/
Questions and Answers about Dioxins
Abstract: Focuses on answering questions about dioxins, EPA's dioxin report, food safety, and risk assessment.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
URL: http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/Chemica
lContaminants/ucm077524.htm
Section 129 Rules for Solid Waste Combustion [PDF]
Abstract: Discusses the addition of section 129 to the Clean Air Act, which provides new guidelines for new and existing solid waste combustors.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
URL: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/129/gil2.pdf
Survey of Dioxin and Furan Compounds in Sediments of Florida Panhandle Bay Systems [PDF]
Abstract: Discusses case study on Pensacola, Florida, in which high levels of dioxin were discovered in sediment samples.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
URL: http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/topichub/107/survey_of_diox
in_and_furan_compounds.pdf
Technical Fact Sheet on Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD)
Abstract: Lists health effects, release patterns, and environmental fate of TCDD.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
URL: http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/contaminants/dw_contamfs/dioxin.htm
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Toxic Alert on Dioxin
Abstract: Contains overview of what dioxins are, how they are emitted into the atmosphere, and ways to avoid them.
Source: Jonathan Campbell, Alternative Health Consultant
URL: http://www.cqs.com/edioxin.htm
