Creaser, C. S. and Wood, M. D. and Alcock, Ruth E. and
Copplestone, D. (2007) Environmental concentrations of
polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated
dibenzofurans in UK soil and herbage. Working Paper. Environment
Agency.Full text not available from this repository. Dioxins and
furans are persistent, toxic compounds that are inadvertently
introduced into the environment through the combustion of
organic materials containing trace amounts of chlorine. This
report, No. 10 in the UKSHS report series, presents data on 17
polychlorinated dibenzo-pdioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated
dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in soil and herbage collected from 203
rural, urban and industrial sites in England, Northern Ireland,
Scotland and Wales. The results are discussed in terms of median
concentrations as all the data are strongly skewed. Because of
the persistence of dioxins, the results for dioxin
concentrations in soils reflect emissions and depositions over
the last 10–30 years. The results indicate that, historica