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Dioxins
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October 25, 2005 -- Dioxin, formed by burning chlorine-based chemical compounds with hydrocarbons, is one of the most toxic chemicals known. Dioxin is a general term...
March 20, 2008 -- ROME (AFP) — Sixty-six buffalo herds in the Naples region have been quarantined because of high levels of dioxin found in buffalo milk used to...
December 27, 2008 -- Byline: By AMY HUNT Environment Reporter A TOXIC patch of land by the river Tyne is set to reopen to the public in the New Year. Saltmeadows...
July 12, 2006 -- Dioxin, called one of the most toxic chemicals known to science, may not be quite as dangerous as once thought, says a report published Tuesday by...
June 25, 2007 -- A UK Environment Agency soil and plant contamination study has shown that dioxin concentrations have fallen by around 70% since the late 1980s when...
July 1, 2008 -- On May 7, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, and Children's...
October 4, 2007 -- SYDNEY (AFP) — The Australian government approved Thursday plans for a controversial multi-billion-dollar pulp mill in Tasmania despite...
May 4, 2006 -- Byline: Wendy Frew May 04, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Orica has been forced to close down a groundwater treatment...
March 1, 2008 -- A recent study found that residents of Canadian communities who were exposed to emissions from nearby polluting industries gave birth to more females...
November 1, 2006 -- BACKGROUND: 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and some related environmental contaminants are aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligands that...