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Fig. 3. Sum of 17 polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and -furans (
17 PCDD/Fs; ng international toxicity equivalent [I-TEQ]/kg dry wt.) in kitchen waste (n = 9, one study only), organic household waste (n = 9), green waste (n = 9), foliage (n = 28), shrub clippings (n = 12, one study only), bark (n = 4), grass (n = 36), compost containing biowaste (n = 124), and compost originating from green waste (n = 61). Line: median; dotted line: mean; box: 25th and 75th percentile; lines with whiskers: 10th and 90th percentile; dots: outside values.
