One of a number of poisonous petroleum-derived chemicals which are produced when herbicides (substances used for killing plants) are made or when plastics are burned. Dioxins are chemically dibenzo-p-dioxins. One of the best known is TCDD (2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD). Dioxins cause skin disease (chloracne). In animal tests, dioxins are teratogens (agents that [..]

Dioxine

1919, from dioxy- + chemical suffix -in (2). All the compounds in the group are characterized by two oxygen atoms.

a highly toxic chlorinated hydrocarbon used in herbicides and produced by industrial pollution.

Persistent, chlorine-containing organic pollutant which occurs as by-product of industrial processes. It can accumulate in the food chain and pose a serious public and environmental health risk.

(n) any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides

A highly toxic by-product of industrial chemical processes, forms when chlorine is exposed to extreme heat. Commonly found where industrial waste enters the water, dioxin is most prevalent in waste fr [..]

Dioxin is the collective name for certain organic chlorine compounds. There are 210 of them, some of which are highly toxic.

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. Tests on laboratory animals indicat [..]

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 [..]

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 indica [..]

Persistent, chlorine-containing organic pollutant which occurs as by-product of industrial processes. It can accumulate in the food chain and pose a serious public and environmental health risk.

Dioxin is a general term that describes a group of hundreds of chemicals that are highly persistent in the environment. The most toxic compound is 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin or TCDD. The toxi [..]

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 [..]

any one of a number of chemical compounds that are persistent organic pollutants and are carcinogenic.

TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-di-oxin; C12H4Cl4O2) A by - product formed during the preparation of the herbicide 2,4,5-T , and sometimeproduced by the incineration of chlorinated organic compound [..]

A by-product of incineration and some industrial processes that use chlorine, it is one of the most toxic anthropogenic chemicals known; can cause cancer and severe reproductive and developmental prob [..]