PMID- 12388570
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021227
LR  - 20190503
IS  - 0143-005X (Print)
IS  - 1470-2738 (Electronic)
IS  - 0143-005X (Linking)
VI  - 56
IP  - 11
DP  - 2002 Nov
TI  - Persistent organic pollutants: potential health effects?
PG  - 824-5
AB  - It is not a point of debate that the Stockholm Convention for the prevention of 
      further accumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) should be ratified 
      and implemented by all countries. However, in their article, Schafer and Kegley 
      present an unbalanced "worst case scenario". Approximately 20% of the food supply 
      of the US is contaminated with POPs at extremely low levels; these levels are 
      comparable to those found in many other countries. Furthermore, there is no 
      scientific consensus that these levels are hazardous to most humans. More 
      information is needed to determine the actual risks of extremely low levels of 
      POPs to human health.
FAU - Damstra, T
AU  - Damstra T
AD  - International Programme on Chemical Safety, Research Triangle Park, North 
      Carolina, USA.
FAU - Page, S W
AU  - Page SW
FAU - Herrman, J L
AU  - Herrman JL
FAU - Meredith, T
AU  - Meredith T
LA  - eng
PT  - Comment
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J Epidemiol Community Health
JT  - Journal of epidemiology and community health
JID - 7909766
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
SB  - IM
CON - J Epidemiol Community Health. 2002 Nov;56(11):813-7. PMID: 12388566
MH  - Adult
MH  - Child
MH  - Environmental Exposure/analysis
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/adverse effects
MH  - Food Contamination/*analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Pesticide Residues/*adverse effects
MH  - Risk Assessment
PMC - PMC1732064
EDAT- 2002/10/22 04:00
MHDA- 2002/12/28 04:00
PMCR- 2005/11/01
CRDT- 2002/10/22 04:00
PHST- 2002/10/22 04:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/12/28 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/10/22 04:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2005/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1136/jech.56.11.824 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Epidemiol Community Health. 2002 Nov;56(11):824-5. doi: 10.1136/jech.56.11.824.