Chemicals management

Technical reports

The findings of the information studies and the dioxins risk assessments are presented in the following twelve technical reports.

1. Dioxins emissions from Bushfires in Australia
2. Dioxins emissions from Motor Vehicles in Australia
3. Inventory of Dioxin emissions in Australia, 2004
4. Dioxins in Ambient Air in Australia
5. Dioxins in Soils in Australia
6. Dioxins in Aquatic Environments in Australia
7. Dioxins in Fauna in Australia
8. Dioxins in Agricultural Commodities in Australia
9. Dioxins in the Australian Population: Levels in Blood
10. Dioxins in the Australian Population: Levels in Human Milk
11. Ecological Risk Assessment of Dioxins in Australia
12. Human Health Risk Assessment of Dioxins in Australia

The report Dioxins In Food Dietary Exposure Assessment and Risk Characterisation, Technical Report Series No. 27 is available on the Food Standards Australia New Zealand website at: http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/FINAL%20DEA-RC%20Report%20Dioxin%2024May04final.pdf.

Addendum to Technical Report No. 8 Dioxins in Agricultural Commodities in Australia - Summary of tuna dioxin and dioxin-like PCB testing.

Community Summary

The key findings of the technical reports are summarised in the publication Dioxins in Australia: A summary of the findings of studies conducted from 2001 to 2004.