PCDD/PCDF in Papierprodukten und Kartontüten

Various paper products and cardboard containers produced from bleached or unbleached cellulose and from recycled paper were investigated. In coffee filters and milk cartons manufactured from chlorine-bleached cellulose, the amount of tetrachlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans of the sum of the to xicity equivalents (TEQ) exceeds 90%. The use of unbleached or not chlorinebleached cellulose leads to products with significantly lower concentrations of PCDD/F congeners. However, the contents of higher chlorinated dibenzodioxins are higher in these products. In products from recycled paper, both the more toxic lower chlorinated PCDD/F with the pattern typical for chlorine bleached cellulose and high contents of higher chlorinated PCDD/F can be detected. The use of recycled paper for manufacturing kitchen tissues, paper serviettes, and paper handkerchiefs should be critically re-examined. *** DIRECT SUPPORT *** A00HP015 00003