Table 4.

Concentrations of dioxin in human milk from 1999-2005 (TEQ pg/g lipid)

Country	Sampling period	PCDDs/PCDFs			CoPCBs
		Min	Median	Max	Min	Median	Max	Reference
Netherlands	2001-2003	17.09	18.27	21.29	10.9	11.57	13.08	26
Italy	2001-2003	9.4	12.66	14.83	11.02	16.29	19.33	26
Germany	2001-2003	11.14	12.53	12.72	12.8	13.67	14.31	26
USA	2001-2003	6.22	7.18	8.14	3.69	4.61	5.52	26
Japan: Sapporo	2002-2005	3.9	6.1	22	1.1	3.9	19	23
Japan: Tohoku	2001-2003	2.4	9.8	25	4.5	6.9	45.6	25
Japan: Osaka	1999	10	15.3	26.3	5.8	9.2	213	24
China	2002	3.5	5.1	5.7	2.46	2.89	3.16	27
Korea	2002		3.3＊			2.2＊		28
Taiwan	2000-2001		14.3					29

CoPCB: coplanar polychlorinated bipheny, PCDD: polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin, PCDF: polychlorinated dibenzofuran. ^＊Mean value.