Table1: Soil pollution by Dioxins from incinerators for industrial wastes in Tokorozawa(1995)*1 | |||||
Sample(distance from the source) | Dioxin pollution in soil(pg-TEQ/g) | ||||
PCDD | PCDF | Co-PCB | PCDD+PCDF | PCDD+PCDF+Co-PCB | |
ashes | 530 | 3800 | 1800 | 4300 | 6100 |
ashes | 540 | 1500 | 890 | 2000 | 2900 |
ashes and soil(50m) | 120 | 320 | 100 | 440 | 540 |
ashes and soil(70m) | 170 | 360 | 220 | 530 | 750 |
soil(100m) | 51 | 91 | 35 | 140 | 180 |
soil(150m) | 76 | 110 | 52 | 180 | 230 |
soil(175m) | 45 | 170 | 74 | 220 | 290 |
soil(550m) | 130 | 74 | 81 | 220 | 300 |
soil(850m) | 36 | 61 | 37 | 99 | 140 |
soil(950m) | 27 | 69 | 15 | 96 | 110 |
soil(4km) | 28 | 52 | 19 | 80 | 99 |
soil(4km) | 39 | 39 | 12 | 78 | 90 |
*1 H.Miyata et al. : Abstract of 5th International conference on Environmental Chemistry, p.188-189, Hawaii, USA(1996) |
Table 3: the intake of dioxin from polluted soil ( in childhood) by Professor Miyata from Setsunan University | ||||
weight | dioxin level in the soil | the oral intake | the intake from skin | Total intake of dioxin |
(pg-TEQ/g) | (pg-TEQ/kg/day) | |||
17kg |
20 | 0.94 | 0.004 | 0.94 |
65 | 3.1 | 0.13 | 3.2 | |
100 | 4.7 | 0.019 | 4.7 | |
200 | 9.4 | 0.039 | 9.4 | |
448 | 21 | 0.087 | 21 | |
1000 | 47 | 0.19 | 47 | |
2000 | 94 | 3.87 | 98 | |
@presumed: the intake of the soil in childhood: 47mg/kg/day TDI by recommended WHO: 1-4pgTEQ/kg/day |
Table 4: Target of dioxin pollution by Japanese Government(1997)*4 | ||||||
in the fume (ng-TEQ/NG) |
Target value of dioxin pollution |
number of facility in Japan | ||||
existen facility |
new facility | |||||
1998.12` | 2002.12` | 1997.12` | ||||
electlic steel burner more than 1000kV | 80 |
5 | 0.5 | |||
refuse burner | 4000kg/h` | 1 | 0.1 | about | ||
2000`4000kg/h | 5 | 1 | ||||
200`2000kg/h | 10 | 5 | ||||
`200kg/h | no regulation |
about 80,000? | ||||
in the atomosphere(pg-TEQ/NG)*steer value | 0.8pg-TEQ/NG |
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TDI(Japan) |
10pg-TEQ/kg/day |
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*4 Source: data on the Ministry of Health and Welfre, and Environment Agency(1997) |