Dioxins and Co-PCBs Detected in Tampons made in Japan

The Weekly Friday (Syukan Kin'yobi), Vol.8 No.29, Aug.4, 2000

Sample No.

No.1

No.2

No.3

No.4

No.5

Weight per one

2.625g

2.229g

2.281g

2.650g

2.950g

Number of Sample

40

48

32

40

40

Maker

UniCharm Co.

UniCharm Co.

UniCharm Co.

Lion Co.

Eizai Co.

PCDD pg/g

1.844

3.660

1.880

2.040

1.944

PCDF pg/g

0.202

3.110

2.275

1.530

0.650

Co-PCB pg/g

849.0

1974.5

6216.5

7226.5

1175.5

Total pg/g

851.0

1981.3

6220.7

7230.1

1178.1

PCDD TEQ

0.0831

0.7637

0.9228

0.8256

0.0759

PCDF TEQ

0.0361

0.2638

0.3995

0.3136

0.0660

Co-PCB TEQ

0.4699

0.5887

0.9686

5.0883

0.6970

Total pg-TEQ/g

0.5891

1.6162

2.2909

6.2275

0.8390

* TEQ: WHO method. ** Laboratory: Maxxam Analytics Inc. in Canada.

 

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