- Cancer risk from dioxins among people eating large amounts of fatty meats and dairy products. - Dioxin exposure linked to a variety of health problems, including diabetes, developmental problems
Human exposure to dioxins is mainly through food but the primary source is incinerators. There are more than 210 molecular variations of chlorinated dioxins and furans in emission from incinerators.
Dioxins, which are by products of industrial processes, are not volatile and are extremely persistent chemicals. They bioaccumulate up the food chain easily as they dissolve readily in oils, fats and non polar solvents. Dioxins are among the deadliest che
The dioxin levels in the blood samples taken from residents of Vietnam's Bien Hoa city are 135 times higher than the levels found in the blood of residents of the capital Hanoi. This was revealed in
tonnes of dead fish have been found near Turkey's Gulf of Izmit, located south of Istanbul. Scientists have no clue as to why the gulf has been filling up with dead fish. Izmit is one of
