PCB and dioxin: side effects of our industrialized world

This column is usually reserved for a review of the various features of a specific ingredient used in petfoods. But this issue, the focus is on a class of contaminants that periodically find their way into food and feed for humans and animals.

Greg Aldrich, Ph.D.

February 9, 2011

This column is usually reserved for a review of the various features of a specific ingredient used in petfoods. But this issue, the focus is on a class of contaminants that periodically find their way into food and feed for humans and animals. The contaminants in question are mostly man-made halogenated hydrocarbons—or as you see them in the headlines, PCBs and dioxins.

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