> Is there any easy way to avoid PCB, dioxin contamination other than becoming > an organic vegan?? What about non-dietary contamination -- how much comes > from non-dietary sources? The booklet nr 10 of the Dutch bf organization says: Fish 3,4 % Milk 23,2 % Cheese 14,5 % Butter 7,1 % Beef 7,1 % Pork 5,8 % Meats 9,5 % Chicken 2,0 % Eggs 4,5 % Vegetables 1,1 % Products with fat 21,8 % In excess of 90% of human exposure to PCDDs, PCDFs and dioxin-like PCBs derives from the consumption of animal fats Source used for the booklet: Health Council of the Netherlands: Committee on Risk Evaluationof Substances/Dioxins. Dioxins. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls. Rijswijk: Health Council of the Netherlands, 1996; publication no. 1996/10 all rights reserved ISBN: 90-5549-116-0 regards, annelies *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html