Umweltbundesamt
Dioxins | Umweltbundesamt
The term 'dioxin' commonly refers to a group of chlorinated dioxins and furans of similar chemical structure. The group of dioxin compounds consists of 75 polychlorinated dibenzo para dioxins (PCDDs)
PubMed
Dioxin formation from waste incineration - PubMed
These samples were also incinerated ... and pentachlorophenol) to investigate the role of chlorine content and/or the presence of different metals in dioxin formation. Some samples, such as newspapers, were burned after they were impregnated with NaCl or PVC, as well as being ...
NCBI
Formation of dioxins from triclosan with active chlorine: A potential ...
Triclosan, a widely used antimicrobial agent, can increase colitis-associated colon tumorigenesis, and induce liver fibrosis and cancer in mice through mechanisms which may be relevant in humans. In this study, an analytical method using gas chromatography-mass ...
NCBI
PUBLIC HEALTH STATEMENT - Toxicological Profile for Chlorinated ...
This public health statement tells you about chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs) and the effects of exposure.
Epa
Learn about Dioxin | Dioxin | US EPA
You may not be aware that dioxins can also be formed when household trash is burned or from events like forest fires. ... Bleaching: Chlorine bleaching of pulp and paper, based on certain types of chemical manufacturing and processing, and other industrial processes this can create small quantities ...
Greenfacts
Dioxins: 1. What are dioxins?
Dioxins have no use as such and are formed unintentionally by industrial processes and incomplete combustion, for instance: municipal and domestic waste incineration, burning fuels (wood, coal or oil), chlorine bleaching of pulp and paper and chlorinated pesticides manufacturing.
CDC
Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs) | Public Health Statement | ATSDR
CDDs are a family of 75 different compounds commonly referred to as polychlorinated dioxins. These compounds have varying harmful effects. The CDD family is divided into eight groups of chemicals based on the number of chlorine atoms in the compound. The group with one chlorine atom is called ...
Ejnet
Dioxins & Furans: The Most Toxic Chemicals Known to Science
Dioxin is formed as an unintentional ... chlorine such as waste incineration, chemical and pesticide manufacturing and pulp and paper bleaching. Dioxin was the primary toxic component of Agent Orange, was found at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY and was the basis for evacuations at Times Beach, MO and Seveso, Italy. Dioxin is formed by burning chlorine-based ...
PubMed
Dioxins and polyvinylchloride in combustion and fires - PubMed
This review on polyvinylchloride (PVC) and dioxins collects, collates, and compares data from selected sources on the formation of polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), or in brief dioxins, in combustion and fires. In professional spheres, the incineration of ...
Greenfacts
1. What are dioxins?
Source & ©: ATSDR "Public Health Statement for Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs) ... CDDs are released into the air in emissions from municipal solid waste and industrial incinerators. Exhaust from vehicles powered with leaded and unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel also release CDDs to the air. Other sources of CDDs in air include: emissions from oil- or coal-fired power plants, burning ...
Vinyl
Sustainability - PVC Environmental Credentials - PVC & Dioxins ...
Essentially, any process involving combustion in the presence of a minute amount of chlorine can lead to the formation of dioxins under certain temperature and oxygen conditions. Thus burning PVC in the open or in a building fire could lead to dioxin emissions, just as burning timber (because ...
NCBI
Dioxins in the environment: What are the health risks? - NCBI ...
This document presents the synthesis and recommendations of the group of experts assembled by the French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in the framework of the procedure of Expertise Collective (expert advisory opinions). They responded to questions asked by the ...
Author:
INSERM Collective Expertise Centre
Published:
2000
Theredguidetorecovery
Dioxins - The Most Hazardous Substance in Structure Fire Environments
The most commonly encountered POPs ... dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs) and dibenzofurans. [5,6] CDD’s are highly toxic compounds that are created during combustion processes, especially structure fires where PVC, plastics, paper and other chlorinated materials burn....
Quora
How much dioxin is made from burning a small piece of PVC? Burning ...
Answer (1 of 5): Combustion of any material that contains chlorine can produce dioxins. That includes plastics like PVC and anything with salt content. (I remember a speaker showing a group of self-proclaimed environmentalists celebrating by throwing a party on a beach and burning driftwood. Comm...
NewsNation
Ohio Train Derailment: What is vinyl chloride?
February 14, 2023 - Neil Donahue, a professor of chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University in nearby Pittsburgh, said to the Associated Press that he’s worried burning the chemical could have formed dioxins. Dioxins are created by burning chlorinated carbon materials.
Science News
Backyard burning is recipe for dioxin
August 8, 2019 - On average, burning each kilogram of a recyclers’ trash created 264 micrograms of dioxins, 44 times more than did an equivalent quantity of trash from nonrecycling households. Lemieux credits the difference to the higher proportion of chlorine and metals in the recyclers’ trash—key ...
Gov
Dioxins | Health and Social Services
Dioxins (true dioxins and furans) are not used for anything and they are not formed intentionally. They are by-products that are made during smelting, chlorine bleaching of paper pulp and the manufacturing of some herbicides and pesticides. They can also be produced when garbage is burned.
Ppe101
Dioxins: The most hazardous substance in structure fire environments ...
January 4, 2024 - The most encountered POPs – chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs) and dibenzofurans – are unintentional byproducts of many industrial processes. CDDs are toxic compounds created during combustion processes, including structure fires where PVC, plastics, paper and other chlorinated materials burn.
WHO
Dioxins
November 29, 2023 - They are unwanted by-products of ... chlorine bleaching of paper pulp and the manufacture of some herbicides and pesticides. Uncontrolled waste incinerators (solid waste and hospital waste) are often the worst culprits of environmental release due to incomplete burning. Technology is available that allows for controlled waste incineration with low dioxin ...