INCREASED DIOXIN/PCB BODY BURDEN IN DIABETICS: FINDINGS IN A POPULATION-BASED STUDY IN BELGIUM

Although the average dioxin and PCB burden has declined during the last decades in most industrialised countries, some groups of the general population, especially the elderly, still show an elevated body burden of these pollutants as a result of their dietary habits and current or past exposures1. For these groups, dioxins and PCBs might remain a matter of concern in view of th