- Look up
dioxin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Dioxin may
refer to: 1,2-
Dioxin or 1,4-
Dioxin, two
unsaturated heterocyclic 6-membered
rings in which...
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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...
- 8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-
dioxin (TCDD) is a
polychlorinated dibenzo-p-
dioxin (sometimes shortened,
though inaccurately, to
simply '
dioxin') with the chemical...
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referred to as
dioxins for simplicity,
because every PCDD
molecule contains a dibenzo-1,4-
dioxin skeletal structure, with 1,4-
dioxin as the
central ring...
- and 2,4-D. In
addition to its
damaging environmental effects,
traces of
dioxin (mainly TCDD, the most
toxic of its type)
found in the
mixture have caused...
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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...
- the town was
completely evacuated early in 1983 due to TCDD (a type of
dioxin) contamination,
formerly the
largest civilian exposure to the
compound in...
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indicate consistent increases in
dioxin generation with
increasing PVC concentrations.
According to the U.S. EPA
dioxin inventory,
landfill fires are likely...
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involve the fear that it
produces significant amounts of
dioxin and
furan emissions.
Dioxins and
furans are
considered by many to be
serious health hazards...
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hydrocarbon receptor (also
known as AhR, AHR, ahr, ahR, AH receptor, or
dioxin receptor) is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the AHR gene. The aryl...
