Cases / Waste management · India · date not stated
Dioxin found in eggs near Lucknow medical waste incinerator
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
IPEN reported that eggs near a medical waste incinerator in Lucknow, India, contained dioxin at 16 times background and five times the EU limit. The case concerns dioxin contamination of food near incineration.
What?
Dioxin found in eggs sampled near a medical waste incinerator in Lucknow, India, at 16 times background and five times the EU limit. IPEN
Where?
Near a medical waste incinerator in Lucknow, India. IPEN
When?
Sampling date not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
- Consumers of eggs from hens near the incinerator — eggs sampled contained dioxin above the EU limit IPEN
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Eggs from hens near the incinerator were sampled for dioxin; the sampling also covered cement kilns. IPEN
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
IPEN reported that eggs sampled near a medical waste incinerator in Lucknow contained dioxin at 16 times background levels and five times the EU limit.
IPEN's sampling also covered cement kilns.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the incinerator's operator or say whether it has been penalised or inspected since.
- None on record The sampling date, number of eggs and sampling method are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give separate results for the cement kilns sampled.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether any human health effects were recorded.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Communities and civil society
- Lucknow eggs reportIPEN ·
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- IPEN (NGO) — here: Published the egg sampling findings; there: Reported 2019 dioxin levels in eggs