Dioxin: Any of a family of compounds known chemically as dibenzo-p-dioxins. Concern about them arises from their potential toxicity and contaminants in commercial products.
dioxin - a man-made chemical by-product formed during the manufacturing of other chemicals and during incineration.
Dioxins- Family of 75 different toxic chlorinated hydrocarbons formed as by-products in chemical reactions involving chlorine and hydrocarbons, usually at high temperatures.
Dioxins
a group of toxic organic substances, containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and chlorine, resistant to biodegradation, produced when organic material is incinerated at low temperatures.
DIOXIN Chlorinated organic compound: a by-product of the paper-making process that uses chlorine as a bleaching agent. Dioxins can be released into the atmosphere through the incineration of chlorinated paper.
Dioxins: heterocyclic hydrocarbons that occur as toxic impurities, especially in pesticides.
Discharge: flow of surface water in a stream or the flow of ground water from a spring, ditch, or flowing artesion well.
Dioxins and Furans
The most toxic is 2, 3, 7, 8,-TCDD.
In animal studies, acute exposure causes chloracne, weight loss, thymus gland effects and death.
dioxin: the popular name for a family of organic compounds that bio-accumulate with toxic effect in humans and wildlife.
Dioxins
Highly toxic chemicals that can be formed in small amounts from forest fires or volcanoes but more often are produced unintentionally from industrial activities and from incinerating waste and burning fossil fuels.
Dioxins are a group of 80 or so chlorinated compounds that occur as contaminants of a number of industrial processes involving chlorinated substances.
Dioxins
A group of generally toxic organic compounds that may be formed as a result of incomplete combustion (as may occur in incineration of compounds containing chlorine).
The terms 'dioxin' or 'dioxins and furans' generally refers to a group of 210 chlorinated pollutants, chemically known as the polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans.
Crop Dusting Crop Residue Cullet D Daylighting DDT Deciduous Forest Decontamination DEET Deforestation Desalination Desert Dewatering Diazinon Diesel Particulate Matter or DPM Dioxin ...
TCDD- Dioxin (Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin)
TCDF- Tetrachlorodi-benzofurans
TCE- Trichloroethylene
TCF- Total Chlorine Free
TCLP- Total Concentrate Leachate Procedure. Toxicity Characteristic Leachate Procedure
TCM- Transportation Control Measure ...
Factor used to estimate the toxicity of a complex mixture, commonly a mixture of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins [oxanthrenes], furans, and biphenyls: in this case, TEF is based on relative toxicity to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin [2,3,7, ...
A toxic herbicide and defoliant used in the Vietnam conflict, containing 2,4,5-trichlorophen-oxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) and 2-4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) with trace amounts of dioxin.
Source: Terms of the Environment
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Copper compounds are used to produce blue colors, even though they contain dioxin, which has been linked to cancer.
Agent Orange: A toxic herbicide and defoliant used in the Vietnam conflict, containing 2,4,5-trichlorophen-oxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) and 2-4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) with trace amounts of dioxin.
The US paper industry's reliance on chlorine-intensive bleaching places this industry as the worst water polluter in the world. Using chlorine with an organic material in this way often produces organochlorines, specifically dioxins, ...
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