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http://dx.doi.org/10.9721/KJFST.2013.45.3.364

Risk Assessment of Polychrorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) through Food Intake for the Korean Population  

Paek, Ockjin (Food Contaminants Division, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
Suh, Junghyuk (Food Contaminants Division, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
Park, Heera (Food Contaminants Division, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
Oh, Keumsoon (Functional Food Standard Division, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
Hong, Selyung (College of General Studies, SangMyung University)
Lee, Hyunkyung (Department of Industrial Chemistry SangMyung University)
Kim, Meehye (Food Contaminants Division, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
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Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology / v.45, no.3, 2013 , pp. 364-369 More about this Journal
Abstract
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been studied during the past few decades because of their potential impacts on the environment and human health. PCBs are toxic environmental pollutants and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). This study was carried out to assess the dietary exposure and risk to PCBs for the general Korean population through food intake. Various samples (n=389) covering 28 kinds of food were collected from 5 cities in Korea. The PCB content was not detected-$182.4{\mu}g/kg$ (mean of $5.4{\mu}g/kg$) in the food. The mean dietary exposure of PCBs for the general population was 9.54 ng/kg bw/day with an intake of 0.19% of tolerable daily intake (TDI) ($5{\mu}g/kg$ bw/day). Therefore, the level of overall dietary exposure to PCBs for the Korean population through food intake is below the recommended TDI levels.
Keywords
PCBs; food; risk assessment;
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