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
12,000

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

TDI(Japan)

10pg-TEQ/kg/day

*4 Source: data on the Ministry of Health and Welfre, and Environment Agency(1997)