The statistical properties of available worldwide MSW combustion dioxin/furan emissions data as they apply to the conduct of risk assessments

Organic Contaminants in Terrestrial Food Chains

“…The values were calculated with eqn (2) using interception fractions from Baes et al 47 and a flux of 1·0 pg/m2/day, which is among the higher fluxes predicted for proposed incinerators. 50 Predicted concentrations in forages are highest with pastures because average pasture yields are lower than average yields of other forages and, although interception fractions are related to biomass, the fractions do not decrease proportionally with decreases in biomass. Pasture yields are usually lower than yields of other forages because pasture often is grown on land unsuitable for the production of cultivated crops.…”