Concentration and distribution of dioxins and related compounds in human tissues.

TL;DR: The decreasing trend of PCDD/Fs in human milk agrees with the reduction observed in the dietary intake of these pollutants, and is not influenced by the HWI stack emissions.

TL;DR: It appeared that the age group 6-11 years had higher concentrations of these persistent organic pollutants than the concentrations observed in 12-19 year olds, however, the results were not statistically significant based on pair-wise comparisons.

TL;DR: Evidence for persistent organic pollutants, a diverse family of contaminants that show widespread global dispersion and bioaccumulation, is reviewed to provide an overview of epidemiological evidence and an in-depth evaluation of the in vivo and in vitro evidence for POPs as potential b-cell toxins.

TL;DR: Data is summarized that establishes the importance of retinoiddependent metabolic pathways for sustaining the body’s responses to xenobiotic exposure, including the roles of all- trans - and 9- cis -retinoic acid for protecting mammals from harmful xenob antibiotic effects and for ensuring xenobiotics elimination from the body.

TL;DR: To present the findings in a global perspective, data from widely different locations are presented including the United States, Germany, Vietnam, the former Soviet Union, Thailand, Cambodia, China, South Africa, and Guam.

TL;DR: Each one-year subset of the collective and the entire collective shows a positive correlation of the PCDD/F blood levels with age for most of the congeners, the sum values and the calculated toxicity equivalents.

TL;DR: Unlike the age trend observed for HCHs, PCBs and DDTs, PCDDs/DFs revealed a constant or rather decreasing pattern with increasing age, which was generally much lower than those of other countries.