Fear over lack of lab to test food for dioxins

THERE is no laboratory in Ireland to test food for potentially lethal dioxins despite State plans to build at least seven incinerators.

A dioxin lab was to be built here in 1999, but was never established.

Research from the European Scientific Committee On Food found that 80% of exposure to dioxins was from foods like fish, meat and dairy products. This has prompted fears among environmental groups that food produced close to incinerators would be contaminated.