Municipal waste combustor emissions: Human exposure to mercury and dioxin

This paper evaluates anthropogenic sources of mercury and dioxin, surveys background concentrations, and estimates the extent and pathways of human exposure to these chemicals in the United States for the purpose of determining the greatest sources of mercury and dioxin in the environment, and proposing best estimates of background concentrations. In addition, we estimate average daily intake using a terrestrial food chain model, described in detail elsewhere{sup 7}.