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Dioxin, are we at risk?

70 minutes.  That's all it takes to listen, at no cost,  to the latest EPA concerns about the risks of dioxins to human health.   It's time well invested.  Recorded in 43, 1-3 minute segments.  If you do not have 70 minutes to spare, listen to a few segments a day. 

"Dioxin has been called one of the most dangerous chemicals ever known. Purging uncertainties and clarifying myths about dioxin, Dr. Birnbaum will discuss dioxin in generalwhere it comes from, how we interact with itand specifically, its staggering impact on human health. She will also talk about dioxin effects in the Great Lakes. "   Local Motion

Dr. Linda Birnbaum is the EPA's world renowned expert on the human health effects of dioxin.   The audio content presented below are excerpts from the LocalMotion video "Dioxin, are we at risk?" as presented by Dr. Birnbaum  during the " Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes Basin" seminar December 2002.    Dr. Birnbaum is the EPA's Director of Human Studies Division, National Health & Environmental Effects Research Lab.

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Used with permission from LocalMotion.  Video tapes of the presentation can be obtained by contacting LocalMotion directly.

Disclaimer:  The content provided is for information purposes only.  It is intended to provide educational material and is not designed to provide medical advice, diagnoses, or treatment of a health problem or disease.  The views and opinions of Dr. Birnbaum expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of LocalMotion or TRW.

Navigation hints:

bulletThe audio excerpts (1 - 43) below are listed in sequence from the start of the tape to the end.
bulletFor the best understanding of this complex subject, please listen to the whole presentation in sequence from start to finish, content of many segments provide information about subsequent segments.  Actual Birnbaum presentation starts on #3.
bulletEntire presentation is about 70 minutes long.
bulletAudio should start playback as each screen is displayed.  If not, each page has a link to start playback.
bulletEach audio segment will repeat until you move to another page.
bulletSome pages have more than 1 presentation slide, if you see a red arrow pointing down,  page down to review additional information.
bulletYou will require the RealOne Player or other mp3 plug-in to listen to the presentation.   Depending upon the speed of your internet connection, there will be a pause before the audio starts.
bulletThe speed of playback can depend upon how many people are currently accessing the audio files.  If you are having a problem, try again later.
bulletThe approximately 30 minutes of audience question and answers following the presentation are not provided.
bulletClick on #1 below to start at the beginning.  Once the playback starts, you can click on the "Next" button at the top of the page to move to next segment, "Back" moves to previous segment.  Clicking the "Up" button will return you to this page and stop audio playback.

So, make a cup of green tea, sit back, and click on link #1 to begin:

  1. Welcome by Betsy Dance and Dr. Jadranka Dragovic
  2. Linda Birnbaum introduction and creditials
  3. What's bad for us
  4. Other substances that are bad in our environment
  5. What is Environmental risk?
  6. Risk Assessment - basis for setting standards
  7. Risk Management
  8. What are dioxins?
  9. Dioxin Types
  10. More on PCB's 
  11. Why be concerned about dioxin?
  12. Major dioxin sources from the past
  13. Declining major dioxin sources
  14. Newly identified dioxin sources
  15. How does dioxin move in the environment?
  16. Sources and pathways
  17. How are people exposed?
  18. How you are exposed makes little difference
  19. Body burden over time
  20. Adverse effects on wildlife and domestic animals
  21. Adverse effects on lab animals
  22. Biochemical effects of dioxin
  23. Toxic effects of dioxin
  24. Effects on functional development
  25. Effects on hormone system
  26. Summary of dioxins effects
  27. Dioxins effects on Ah receptor
  28. Mechanism of action on Ah receptor
  29. People are animals
  30. Poisoning episodes
  31. Chloracne
  32. Recent findings in people
  33. Adverse effects in in general and high exposure populations
  34. What you see depends on where you look
  35. Adverse effects in adults at background exposure levels
  36. Health effects due to prenatal exposure
  37. Breast feeding
  38. Health effects of greatest concern
  39. Keys to human Epidemiology studies
  40. What are current levels of human exposure?
  41. Dose response relationships
  42. What is margin of exposure?
  43. Public health position

Want more?  Click here to view another Dr. Birnbaum presentation, "Dioxin Risk Characteristics".

 

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