Dioxins & PCBs: Environmental levels and human exposure in new EU Member States

ORGANOHALOGEN COMPOUNDS – Volume 66 (2004) 2494 Introduction In January 2003 the European Commission launched the project "Dioxins & PCBs: Environmental Levels and Human Exposure in Candidate Countries". Major objective was the collection of available information on dioxin and PCB related issues in Accession and Candidate Countries (further referred to as AC/CC) in order to develop a overview on the current situation with respect to environmental contamination and related human exposure. Related legislation, enforcement measures, existing capacities and activities in the fields of research and monitoring were included into the evaluation. Aggregation, analysis and comparison of the collected information enabled to identify data and knowledge gaps, to assess the situation in AC/CC in comparison to earlier EU Member States (further referred to as MS) and to contribute to knowledge exchange and capacity building.