Dioxin

__Dioxin__ ** __Chemical Formula:__ ** C12 H4 O2 Cl4       __**Chemical Structure:**__    **__What Is Dioxin?__ **   Dioxin is a name of a group of persistent very toxic chemicals, it’s the most toxic man made organic chemical, and it’s second to radioactive waste. Dioxin is a term that describes a group of hundreds of chemicals that are highly persistent in the environment.  __**__ How Dioxin is exposed: __ ** __<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> Dioxin is exposed when chemicals and plastics are manufactured or burned; it is an unwanted and inevitable by-product. Thousands of tons of plastics and chemical wastes are burned a year. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__Uses Of Dioxin:__ ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is no use for Dixion  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__** ﻿ **__  **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__Health Effects of Dioxin__ **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> Dioxin is a hormone disrupting chemical it causes serious health effects when it reaches as little as a few parts per trillion in your body fat. The tiniest amount can cause damage to the human body and there is no defence against it. Dioxin attaches to protein in a cell, much like a key fitting into a lock. Dioxin accumulates into the fat cells; it is not metabolized by the human body.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dioxin causes many more health problems like: -Potent cancer causing agent -Damages the immune system -Reproductive effects and development effects -Miscarriage and birth deformity -Nervous System Disorders
 * __ How to curb the effect of Dioxin: __**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">We can stop the effect of Dioxin by putting a stop to the manufacturing and burning of plastics and chemicals. Greenpeace has also made a strategy for zero dioxin that would include some actions like: -Place a moratorium on new dioxin permits. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">-Should sunset existing dioxin permits. -Should place a moratorium on all new incinerators and phase out the burning of chlorinated wastes at existing incinerators. -The use of chlorine and chlorine based bleaches in the paper industry should be eliminated. -A timetable for the rapid phase out of PVC should be established.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">**__ What can I do as an individual to limit the exposure? __**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">Never burn plastics or any other dangerous chemicals, send it in for the professionals to burn them.