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Spotlight on food: The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) presents its BfR MEAL study at the Green Week in Berlin.
The national authorities of Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway Sweden, and Germany, with the participation of the BfR, have investigated the risks to the environment and humans resulting from the production, use and marketing of PFASs.
In Germany, the typical natural iodine concentrations in food are not high enough to ensure an adequate intake of iodine for the general population. As a result of a recommendation to use iodised table salt in the food industry, artisanal food retail and private households, iodine intake in the general population in Germany has improved since the mid-1980's.
