dioxin
Chlorinated industrial byproduct
Dioxin refers to a group of highly toxic chlorinated organic compounds produced as byproducts of industrial processes—burning waste, manufacturing herbicides, bleaching paper.
Dioxins persist in the environment and accumulate in fatty tissue, causing cancer, reproductive problems, and immune damage.
Agent Orange, the Vietnam War defoliant, contained dioxin as a contaminant: Dioxin exposure has been linked to cancers in veterans.
Device for burning waste
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- herbicideVegetation-destroying chemical
- Agent OrangeWartime defoliant chemical
- bleachingChemical color removal
pulp · paper · smelter · chlorine · manufacturing · industrial · emissions · byproduct
Pollutant concentration in tissues
- biomagnificationToxins accumulating through food chains
- food chainEcological feeding hierarchy
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- soilGround matter for planting
sediment · groundwater · leaching · runoff · half-life · environmental · ecosystem · trophic
Causes cancer
- teratogenicCausing fetal malformations
- mutagenicCausing permanent DNA changes
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- immunotoxicHarmful to body's defenses
developmental · reproductive · exposure · disease · syndrome · veterans · birth defects
Federal environmental regulator
- WHOUN health authority
- POPsTechnical initialisms, two meanings
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- remediationAct of correcting faults
cleanup · standards · limits · testing · detection · threshold · safety · risk assessment
incinerator
Device for burning waste
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- herbicideVegetation-destroying chemical
- Agent OrangeWartime defoliant chemical
bleaching · pulp · paper · smelter · chlorine · manufacturing · industrial · emissions · byproduct · contamination
bioaccumulation
Pollutant concentration in tissues
- biomagnificationToxins accumulating through food chains
- food chainEcological feeding hierarchy
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
soil · sediment · groundwater · leaching · runoff · half-life · environmental · ecosystem · trophic · tissue
carcinogenic
Causes cancer
- teratogenicCausing fetal malformations
- mutagenicCausing permanent DNA changes
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
immunotoxic · developmental · reproductive · exposure · disease · syndrome · veterans · birth defects
EPA
Federal environmental regulator
- WHOUN health authority
- POPsTechnical initialisms, two meanings
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
remediation · cleanup · standards · limits · testing · detection · threshold · safety · risk assessment · ban
congener
Related by origin
- chlorinatedTreated with purifying halogen
- aromaticPleasantly strong-smelling
- halogenatedBonded with reactive nonmetals
isomer · molecular · compound · synthesis · receptor · binding · ligand · structure
- dibenzodioxins
- Contaminantspollutants, pollutant, heavy metals, toxin, pesticides
- hazardsfire hazard, fire hazards, toxin, contamination, tripping hazard
- Vietnam WarVietnam War, Vietnam, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Viet Cong
- Air Pollutantssmoke, smog, soot, exhaust, fumes
- carcinogensasbestos, benzene, formaldehyde, arsenic, tobacco smoke
dioxinnutrient
Life-sustaining substance
vitamin · essential mineral · antioxidant · medicine · nutraceutical
dioxinwater purifier
Device removing contaminants
soil conditioner · fertilizer · carbon sink · activated charcoal
dioxinpurifier
Contamination removal device
detoxifier · clean air · pure water · organic fertilizer · green technology
- carbon dioxideRespiration byproduct, photosynthesis fuel
- sulphur dioxideToxic gas from burning fossil fuels
- carbon dioxide emissionsGas expelled by combustion
- sulfur dioxideSO₂ gas compound
- carbon dioxide levelsAmount of greenhouse gas present
- carbon dioxide buildupIncreasing atmospheric concentration of exhaled gas