What you should know about dioxins
12-Jan-2011
- Belgium
In view of the dimensions of the dioxin food chain contamination in Germany, Euro Chlor has edited an Information Sheet on dioxins. This one-pager is factual and develops some basic but important facts on this group of substances.
It is important to note that:
- incomplete combustion is a source of many important carcinogens and toxins, not only of dioxins, e.g. polycyclic aromatic polycarbons and fine particles
- all these toxins are decreasing strongly over the last 40, 50 years in emission and immission, including the dioxins, including the load of mother milk, daily intake, blood contamination, content in all kind of animals and plants.
Links to official websites (WHO and Umwelt Bundesambt Germany) are included for further documentation.
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