Examples of 'dioxin' in a sentence

Meaning of "dioxin"

Dioxin is a noun that refers to a highly toxic chemical compound that is formed as a byproduct of certain industrial processes, such as waste incineration or chemical manufacturing. These compounds are considered persistent organic pollutants and can have harmful effects on human health and the environment. Dioxins can accumulate in the food chain and have been linked to various health issues
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  • The unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms, and two double bonds (molecular formula C₄H₄O₂); 1,2-dioxin and 1,4-dioxin.
  • The parent compound dibenzo-1,4-dioxin or dibenzo-p-dioxin (molecular formula C₁₂H₈O₂), in which two benzene rings are connected through two oxygen atoms; dibenzodioxin, oxanthrene.
  • Any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides.
  • The compound 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD; molecular formula C₁₂H₄Cl₄O₂), a persistent organic pollutant of the environment which is generally produced as a byproduct of organic synthesis or when organic materials are burned.

How to use "dioxin" in a sentence

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Dioxin and furans are persistent bioaccumulative toxics.
Provisions for dioxin and antibiotic residues.
Dioxin and furan air monitoring project.
The same analysis of dioxin content was performed.
Dioxin levels are off the chart.
They discovered traces of dioxin in his bloodstream.
Dioxin easily accumulates in the food chain.
Some smelters have reported dioxin emissions.
Restricting dioxin and furan emissions is essential.
My third point is prompted by the dioxin crisis.
Its dioxin values are too high.
This is not the first dioxin scare.
Dioxin and furan levels found in tampons.
The results showed high levels of dioxin.
Dioxin emissions data is also very sparse.

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Tires are often burned causing a dioxin problem.
Dioxin can lead to cancer among others.
Remains have been found of dioxin in their blood.
Dioxin is then produced as a byproduct of this process.
Three sugar spoonful and one of dioxin.
Hence the problem of dioxin becomes moot.
Three spoonfuls of sugar and one of dioxin.
Paternal concentrations of dioxin and sex ratio of offspring.
Commission presents report on human exposure to dioxin.
The defendants knew that dioxin was a poison.
The term dioxin refers to a broad family of chemicals.
Germany investigates criminal origin of dioxin contamination.
Establishing a dioxin and furans laboratory.
Dioxin is supposed to be the most toxic manmade substance.
Aid for the dioxin crisis.
Dioxin is the most harmful substance known to humankind.
Maximum limits for dioxin in feedingstuffs.
Dioxin is still present in the soil a decade later.
A characteristic profile of dioxin like compounds congener in beef.
Dioxin is a toxin increasingly found in breast.
Forensics found dioxin residue on the lab apparatus.
Dioxin limits for kaolinitic clays.
Or that we found dioxin residue on the lab apparatus.
Dioxin is cumulative and slow to disintegrate.
Of the high levels of dioxin in breast cancer tissue.
Is dioxin pollution a disadvantage of coal mining.
Identification and quantification of dioxin and furan releases.
We know that dioxin and aflotoxin are carcinogenic etc.
Assassination attempt through dioxin poisoning.
Reducing dioxin in human food and animal feed.
It rules out your dioxin theory.
Dioxin is in fact the most dangerous carcinogen known.
It is important to reduce the overall dioxin contamination in foodstuffs.
The latest striking evidence comes from dioxin.
Evaluation of dioxin project impact to environment and people.

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