Press Release

June 11, 2007
  • Water & Soil

Amendment to the Enforcement Regulation of the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins

The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has amended the Enforcement Regulation of the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins, which was promulgated on June 11, 2007.

The amendment requests that updated Toxic Equivalency Factor (TEF) values be used for assessment of dioxins after April 1, 2008.
The updated TEF values refer to TEF values re-evaluated by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2005.

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