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| | Food as a Source of Dioxin Exposure in the Residents of Bien Hoa City, Vietnam - Journal of of Occupational and ... |
 | | Bien Hoa City, a dioxin “hot spot,” as contaminated areas have sometimes been referred to because of their high dioxin levels, is located approximately 32 km north of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. |
 | | In the vicinity of Bien Hoa City, soil and sediment samples from the Bien Hung Lake showed areas with elevated TCDD, while other samples from the same body of water and other nearby areas, including lakes and rivers, did not. |
 | | Usually, but not always, TEQ values are far higher in Bien Hoa, documenting to variations in dioxin levels in different “hot spots.” Figure 1 presents the food samples in a visual form with TEQs from PCBs, PCDD/Fs and TCDD on each bar of the graph. |
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