1. A study of Cincinnati industrial workers a decade ago found higher blood dioxin levels among diabetics than non-diabetics. 2. Actually, the dioxin levels went up, he admitted. 3. But then a new test showed high dioxin levels on light fixtures. 4. Critics say Japan has been well behind other countries in regulating dioxin levels. 5. First, medical investigator Morris Cranmer said the Arkansas study seemed to show that dioxin levels decreased in the blood of Jacksonville residents. 6. It does not appear that the dioxin levels south of the Sentinel Wood site are high enough to pose much harm, he said. 7. Last summer, dioxin levels in the air were on average eight times the Japanese safety limit in areas of the base near the plant. 8. Media reports say dioxin levels in the breast milk of women living around the incinerators are higher than among women in other industrial nations. 9. The harvest will be sent to experts at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and to a private laboratory to be analyzed for dioxin levels. 10. Dioxin levels in the breast milk of Japanese women is relatively high. |