Egg Studies: Global Reports

Chicken eggs are sensitive indicators of chemical contamination in soils and dust and because they are widely consumed, they are a common exposure pathway from environmental pollution to humans. IPEN and its Participating Organizations have conducted dozens of scientific egg sampling projects to expose threats from persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other toxic chemicals.

See the global and regional reports, below. Also, click here to see IPEN’s country-basedl egg studies.

File	Size
High Levels of Chemicals in Eggs from Five Continents (2025)	1 MB
PFAS and Waste Incineration (2024)	410 KB
POPs & E-waste Sites (2022)	3 MB
Plastic Waste Poisons the Food Chain (2021)	2 MB
Brominated Dioxins and Plastic Waste (2021)	292 KB
Incinerator Ash Poisons the Food Chain (2021)	3 MB
Dioxin & Incineration: A Case Study on Inadequate Global Controls (2021)	71 KB
Dioxins in Eggs (2020)	631 KB
EU Ewaste Poisons Africa's Food Chain (2019)	4 MB
Africa: POPs in Eggs (2019)	3 MB
Toxic Plastic Chemical in Eggs from Six Countries (2019, Summary)	400 KB
Dioxins & Incineration (2018)	5 MB
Dioxins & Incineration (2018, Spanish)	253 KB
Dioxins & Incineration (2018, Arabic)	460 KB
Dioxins & Incineration (2018, French)	184 KB
DDT in Eggs (2009, English)	743 KB
DDT in Eggs (2009, Russian)	557 KB
PBDEs and Lindane in Eggs (2005)	420 KB
Global Egg Studies (2005)	1 MB
Egg Study Coordination (2005)	338 KB