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    Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (DLCs) are a group of chemical compounds that are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment. They are mostly...
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  • is the parent compound of the dioxins (see next in which the dioxins comprise a key part of the class) Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, a diverse class...
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    dioxin-like chemicals, a more detailed account is given at dioxins and dioxin-like compounds. In Vietnam and the United States, teratogenic or birth defects were...
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  • "dioxins" may also refer to other similarly acting chlorinated compounds (see Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds). The structure of dibenzo-1,4-dioxin consists...
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    isomeric form of 1,4-dioxin, 1,2-dioxin (or o-dioxin). 1,2-Dioxin is very unstable due to its peroxide-like characteristics. The term "dioxin" is most commonly...
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  • group of dioxins and dioxin-like compounds which have toxic properties, in the birds’ feed. Karel Pinxten [nl], Minister of Agriculture, and Marcel Colla [nl]...
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    (PCDDs), often called dioxins. The most harmful PCDD is 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD). Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds is a category of pollutants...
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  • of magnitude. With the TEFs, the toxicity of a mixture of dioxins and dioxin-like compounds can be expressed in a single number – the toxic equivalency...
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  • chlorine gas during the bleaching process and prevents the formation of dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, carcinogens. The traditional ECF sequence...
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    reproduction, growth and development, immune function, and metabolic function. As an example, dioxins and dioxin-like compounds influence the hormone...
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    Agent Orange (category Dioxins)
    body readily through physical contact or ingestion. Dioxins accumulate easily in the food chain. Dioxin enters the body by attaching to a protein called...
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    banned substances (hormones) or dangerous for the environment (dioxins and dioxin-like compounds). Category 2 materials – associated with health risks other...
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    1,2-Dioxin is a heterocyclic, organic, antiaromatic compound with the chemical formula C4H4O2. It is an isomeric form of 1,4-dioxin (or p-dioxin). Due...
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    dioxins and CDFs are polychlorinated dibenzofurans). The ATSDR describes how "Because Chemetco had accepted material from a firm known to have dioxin...
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  • medicinally as a chelatory agent, for example to extract dioxins and dioxin-like compounds from the body. Possible medicinal uses include: fibromyalgia...
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    Birnbaum. "An Overview of the Effects of Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds on Vertebrates, as Documented in Human and Ecological Epidemiology." Taylor & Francis...
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  • a form of sexual fetishism Toxic equivalency factor for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds Tracheoesophageal fistula, a medical condition Transeuropa...
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  • organization in Australia Date and lot code, in product tracking; See Lot number Diamond-like carbon Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds Data Length Code, a field...
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    Environment: Environmental toxins (e.g., dioxin, nickel) may cause endometriosis. Toxins such as dioxins and dioxin-like compounds tend to bioaccumulate within the...
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    polychlorinated dibenzofurans are however among the potentially toxic dioxins and dioxin-like compounds. Dibenzofuran is cited in the United States Clean Air Act...
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  • researchers and companies that want to screen for the presence of dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in a wide variety of biological and environmental...
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    1136/oem.59.6.362 Tuomisto J (2019). Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds: toxicity in humans and animals, sources, and behaviour in the environment. WikiJournal...
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    fatalities. Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds Dioxin and similar compounds are placed among the most toxic chemicals know to the public. Dioxins are recognized...
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    exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, contained in the defoliant Agent Orange. Within the museum, visitors can find permanent and temporary exhibitions...
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  • reproductive disorders include: lead, dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, styrene, toluene, BPA (Bisphenol A) and pesticides. Reproductive Tract Infections:...
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    prevalent dioxins. (for details see Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds). Chlorinated pesticides can also contain impurities of dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans...
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  • 2022). "Association between industrial pollutants including dioxins and dioxin-like compounds and hepatocellular carcinoma risk". www.fredhutch.org/. Wilkins...
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  • long time and are widespread, so all people have some amount of dioxins in the body. Intrauterine exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds have been...
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    contributors to overall dioxin toxicity, and the term dioxins and dioxin-like compounds is often used interchangeably when the environmental and toxic impact of...
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  • agents (including sarin) Mercury Asbestos Benzene Beryllium Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds / Agent Orange Manganese Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) Pesticides...
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