PCDD/F emissions from uncontrolled, domestic waste burning. Presented at Dioxin ’00

Emissions of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/Fs) from “backyard, barrel burn ing ” of dom estic waste hav e been sho wn to have sig nificant, yet highly variable levels.1-3 PCDD/F toxic equivalency values (TEQs) ranged across 3 orders of magnitude, from less than 10 to over 6000 ng TEQ/kg, bracketing the 140 ng TEQ/kg used in the EPA sourc