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Related information and links: Dioxin
Dioxin can cause cancer and has been linked to reproductive failure and birth defects.
It is a by product of making trichlorophenol, one of the chemicals used in the weedkiller 2,4,5-T.
DOCUMENTS
September 9, 2004
Ministry of Health:
Interim dioxin report, New Plymouth [PDF 33p 421KB]
Ministry of Health:
Questions and answers about dioxin
September 2002
Ministry for the Environment:
Dioxin Concentrations in Residential Soil, Paritu, New Plymouth
October 2001
Ministry for the Environment:
Action Plan for Reducing Discharges of Dioxin to Air
[PDF 71p 1.04MB]
March 2000
Ministry for the Environment:
Inventory of Dioxin Emissions to Air, Land and Water, and Reservoir Sources [PDF 192p 866KB] NEW ZEALAND WEBSITES
Dow Chemical Company: Dioxin in New Plymouth
Environmental Risk Management Authority
Soil and Health Association: Dioxin
INTERNATIONAL WEBSITES
Chlorine Chemistry Council: Dioxin Facts
US Dept of Agriculture: Dioxin
Dioxin conferences: