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Dioxin
Dioxin: - Any of a family of compounds known chemically as dibenzo-p-dioxins. Concern about them arises from their potential toxicity as contaminants in commercial products. Tests on laboratory animals indicate that it is one of the more toxic anthropogenic (man-made) compounds. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Dioxin:: |
YLE News,Both Finland and Sweden have been granted temporary exemptions valid through 2011 that allow for the sale of fish with higher dioxin levels.
HELSINGIN SANOMAT INTERNATIONAL EDITION - HOME - 04 Aug 2008
Helsingin Sanomat,Dioxin concentrations in salmon and herring in the Baltic Sea continue to exceed EU limits. According to the most recent report submitted to the European
battery plant charges ahead - 04 Aug 2008
Daily Advertiser,It was soon placated, however, when Mr Davies produced data that showed the levels of dioxin, if produced, would be negligible. Mr Davies has repeatedly
1976 Italian Dioxin Release Damaged Babies' Thyroids - Aug 1, 2008
Washington Post,1 (HealthDay News) -- Women who 32 years ago lived in the area of a major dioxin spill in Italy have been six times more likely to give birth to babies with
Next meeting on dioxin set for Aug. 7 - Jul 30, 2008
MLive.com,The next quarterly Tri-Cities Dioxin Community Meeting will be held Aug. 7 at the Horizons Conference Center, 6200 State St. in Saginaw Township.
Ukraine president certain rival prime minister will run in poll - Jul 25, 2008
Kyiv Post,Zhvanya earlier this year said Yushchenko was not poisoned by dioxin, but had merely suffered food poisoning at a dinner hosted by a top security official.
Ukrainian prosecutors: no suspects in 4-year probe into ... - Jul 23, 2008
International Herald Tribune,Yushchenko, then an opposition presidential candidate, fell gravely ill during the 2004 election campaign and was later diagnosed with massive dioxin
Dow to clean up dioxin in Saginaw neighborhood - Jul 15, 2008
MLive.com,...(AP) — Dow Chemical Co. and the US Environmental Protection Agency have agreed on a plan requiring the company to clean up dioxin contamination in a Saginaw
Long-lasting Effects Of The Seveso Disaster On Thyroid Function In ... - Jul 30, 2008
Science Daily (press release)2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) – the dioxin released by the Seveso disaster – is the most toxic type of dioxin and in 1997 was declared a
Dioxin danger persists for Bien Hoa residents - Jul 28, 2008
Thanh Nien Daily,Quynh’s family and other residents live in fear of the looming specter of dioxin poisoning, as their ward neighbors a former US army military base during
Open waste burning raises risk of human exposure to dioxin %%by ... - Jul 26, 2008
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com,...par%% The Environmental Protection Agency lists open burning as the largest source of dioxin releases. Another significant source of dioxin creation is
High Levels of Dioxin Found in Chilean Pork - Jul 10, 2008
ì¡°ì„ ì?¼ë³´(ì˜?문íŒ?),The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Thursday that residue inspections found 5.4 picograms of dioxin in 6.2 tons of frozen
Dioxin Risk In Sewage-sludge Used On Crops, Plant Tissue Grown On ... - Jul 16, 2008
Science Daily (press release)ScienceDaily (July 16, 2008) — Land application of biosolids (treated municipal sewage sludge) is a common practice because biosolids are a rich source of
South Korea Orders Recall of Dioxin-Tainted Chilean Pork - Jul 23, 2008
RedOrbit,The service said the package is the second from the 06-03 designated exporter that has been found to have shipped dioxin- contaminated pork.
Antiwar.com - Jul 29, 2008
Antiwar.com,Indeed, since the Viennese clinic did not even have the equipment to test for dioxin, Wicke's rule-out was baseless. Several toxicologists such as Bram
Yushchenko to Zhvania: Cooperate - Jul 30, 2008
Kyiv Post,...by Dariya Orlova, Kyiv Post Staff Writer Days after publicly accusing lawmaker David Zhvania of taking part in a plot to kill him with dioxin,
Waste line aimed for St. Johns - Jul 30, 2008
Florida Times-Union,DEP will look this year for cancer-causing dioxin in the mill's wastewater using an expensive and specialized testing system, said the agency's district
Yushchenko says former ally pressured him into attending dinner ... - Jul 29, 2008
Kyiv Post,He became gravely ill and was later diagnosed by experts with dioxin poisoning. Zhvania denies Yushchenko's accusations and disputes that Yushchenko was
30-year-old Disaster Still Affecting Mothers And Newborns - Jul 31, 2008
Medical News Today,Using a subsample of 51 pairs of mothers and children, the researchers compared dioxin levels at the time of birth. They found that high blood TSH levels in
Residents flock to sign up for free dioxin health checks - Jul 17, 2008
Taranaki Daily News,John Chambers joined a steady stream of New Plymouth people heading into St James Church Hall in Moturoa yesterday to sign-up for free dioxin-related health
FORMER YUSHCHENKO ALLY CALLS PRESIDENT’S POISONING CLAIMS A MYTH - Jul 30, 2008
Eurasia Daily Monitor,Zhvania also insists that Yushchenko’s was a case of ordinary food poisoning, and that his poisoning with dioxin was nothing more than a myth created in
Russia Won’t Extradite in Yushchenko Poisoning Case - Jul 17, 2008
The Other Russia,Doctors later confirmed that he was poisoned with dioxin, likely administered orally. Satsyuk is one of a number of Ukrainian officials sought in line with
OPED: Our stolen evidence…against the Pesticide/Dioxin Cartel - Jul 9, 2008
Philadelphia Center City Weekly Press,There is no end of available information about pesticides and dioxin causing heart disease, among many other illnesses. The nicotine found in toenails was
Dioxin discharge - Jul 7, 2008
Frederick News Post (subscription),In this case, the violations included an excess discharge of dioxin into the air. Dioxin has a bad reputation, and deservedly so.
Japan suspends Chilean pork imports as precaution measure - Jul 30, 2008
MercoPress,Japan argued that shipments were temporarily suspended following the Korean government ban on Chilean pork imports because in one package dioxin had been
City removes contaminated dirt from White Pine Sash site - Jul 30, 2008
The Missoulian,Penta can damage the nervous system, liver and kidneys if ingested in high concentrations; high exposure to dioxin, a byproduct of penta,
How to Choose Safe Shower Curtains - Jul 31, 2008
Daily GreenThe plastic is softened with hormone-disrupting phthalates, and also includes chlorine which creates dioxin, a carcinogenic chemical formed during its
No surprises on toxin levels in fish - Jul 12, 2008
Houston Chronicle,Only one of the four gafftop and one of the five speckled trout testing positive for dioxin and related chemicals had concentrations above the health
EPA hasn't met responsibilities - Jul 24, 2008
Pensacola News Journal,The threat to groundwater was why EPA excavated the pile of toxic soil known as "Mt. Dioxin" in 1991-93. During those 21 years, EPA has allowed the
Canada's Dirty Dark Vietnam War Secret - Jul 26, 2008
OpEdNews,Government Officials have stated that they neither knew that the chemical products contained (TCDD) Dioxin or (HCB) Hexachlorobenzene (both known
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE - Jul 12, 2008
Globe and Mail,For the job, it chose one of the more toxic substances known to man, and no less than 80 million dioxin-laced litres of it rained down on Vietnam Today,
Ministry of Environment criticised for botched clean-up - Jul 28, 2008
3 News NZ,..."Residents may have been exposed to dioxin in that early periods from late 2004 and during 2005," says Commissioner Jan Wright. The report says while many
Naples' trash crisis hits the big cheese - Jul 12, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,But then came the first hint of the truly epochal problem: This spring, veterinarians examining the dead sheep found heavy concentrations of dioxin,
PMRA premature in re-registering 2,4-D - Jul 14, 2008
Ottawa Citizen,According to Environment Canada, herbicides like 2,4-D are the largest source of 2,7-DCDD (the unregulated dioxin that comes with 2,4-D) in our environment.
• End open waste burning and cut cancer - Jul 15, 2008
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com,The US Environmental Protection Agency's dioxin inventory lists open waste burning as the largest source of dioxin releases to the environment.
Score one for Dow Chemical - Jul 21, 2008
Grist Magazine,It's a shame that a region beset by persistent dioxin poisoning from a corporate titan like Dow is getting such an apparent industry shill as its top
No extradition in poisoning - Jul 17, 2008
Chicago Tribune,KIEV — Ukrainian officials say Russia has refused to extradite a key figure in the investigation into the dioxin poisoning that disfigured and nearly killed
EPA names new regional chief - Jul 21, 2008
Crain's Chicago Business,At the time, Ms. Gade told the Chicago Tribune that she left amid internal fights over dioxin contamination near Dow Chemical Co.'s headquarters in Michigan
Study: Properly used biosolids not risky - Jul 14, 2008
United Press InternationalCHICAGO, July 14 (UPI) -- Using treated municipal sewage sludge for fertilizer could lead to dioxin buildup in soils but probably doesn't pose a risk to
Crowded field for 98th House District seat - Jul 20, 2008
The Saginaw News - MLive.com,The state Department of Environmental Quality should continue to ensure that Dow Chemical Co. removes dioxin contamination in the Tittabawassee River
Yushchenko poison case stirs again - Jul 23, 2008
Kyiv Post,...by Dariya Orlova, Kyiv Post Staff Writer The investigation into the near-fatal dioxin poisoning of Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko is generating a
Official to discuss Superfund site - Jul 20, 2008
Pensacola News Journal,Dioxin contamination cleanup of the private residential and commercial properties that surround the former plant. Hurricane Ivan stymied the groundwater
Agent Orange children receive gifts in Da Nang - Jul 7, 2008
Viet Nam News,DA NANG — The Fund for Supporting Vietnamese Children handed over gifts to children residing at the Centre for Agent Orange/Dioxin Victims in central Da
Order of Canada - Jul 7, 2008
Daily Gleaner,We were then told that both Ottawa and the chemical companies didn't know that there was dioxin and later HCB in the finished defoliant product,
Zhvania left interrogation because “it was a show, a schizophrenia� - Jul 23, 2008
UNIAN News Agency,He again cast doubt upon Yushchenko’s poisoning with dioxin, and reiterated that, in his opinion, it was a food poisoning.
Lynn Buhl named EPA regional chief - Jul 23, 2008
Gary Post Tribune,Buhl will replace Mary Gade, who resigned May 1 amid internal fights over dioxin contamination near Dow Chemical Co.'s headquarters in Midland, Mich.
Details lacking about herbicide's impact - Jul 21, 2008
Nanaimo Daily News,The statement that, "glyphosate, is composed of compounds found in every living cell on earth," is meaningless because you can today find Dioxin, HCB,
US plans to open consulate in Da Nang - Jul 10, 2008
VietNamNet Bridge,Last year the US granted $400000 to clean up dioxin at Da Nang Airport. The US government is considering projects to directly assist people who are living
Doc takes aim at corporate giant - Aug 1, 2008
Toronto Sun,The World According to Monsanto posits not only current crimes, but a 70-year-long history of same -- cover-ups of the dangers of PCBs and Dioxin (the
The World According to Monsanto - Aug 1, 2008
Toronto Star,...and said to have contaminated three million people: Monsanto studies showed that its principal ingredient, dioxin, was not a human carcinogen.
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