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. 1984 Mar 9;223(4640):1077-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.6695194.

Dioxin in soil: bioavailability after ingestion by rats and guinea pigs

E E McConnell, G W Lucier, R C Rumbaugh, P W Albro, D J Harvan, J R Hass, M W Harris

Dioxin in soil: bioavailability after ingestion by rats and guinea pigs

E E McConnell et al. Science. .

Abstract

Soil environmentally contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) was given by gavage to guinea pigs and rats. The development of a characteristic clinicopathologic syndrome in guinea pigs, the induction of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase in rats, and the presence of TCDD in the livers of both species show that TCDD in soil exhibits high biological availability after ingestion.

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