Dioxins

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2,3,7,8, TCDD, was responsible for these medical conditions. After the Agent Orange controversy lost their space in the spot light for some time until the mid-eighties up to now.
are released in four major ways. One is the incineration and combustion of products containing chlorine, which happens mostly in our municipal incineration plants. A second source is the manufacturing of chlorine and chlorinated products. The third source are the industrial processes involved in processing wood pulp, which includes paper bleaching. The fourth source is the accumulation of in waste disposal sites and water reservoirs. It should be also known that do occur naturally in forest fires and volcanoes, but the amount of released naturally are dwarfed by the amount of created by modern methods. can be found in the air, soil, in water ways. Of the three water is the primary carrier of
Even though only 30 pounds of are realized annually in the US it is so pervasive that many any ...

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