News tagged with dioxins
Vietnam starts joint Agent Orange cleanup with US
(AP) -- Vietnam on Friday started the first phase of a joint plan with former enemy the United States to clean up environmental damage leftover from the chemical defoliant Agent Orange, a lasting legacy from ...
Jun 17, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
1
For some crustaceans in polluted waters, it could be worse
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine that you’re a grass shrimp. Now, imagine that you’re a rational grass shrimp, and that you have a choice of living in an environment with relatively high levels of dioxin, ...
Jun 10, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Asbestos, dioxin threats in Japan tsunami rubble
Japanese workers tackling the Herculean task of clearing millions of tonnes of debris from last month's earthquake and tsunami also face health risks from asbestos and dioxins.
Apr 28, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Take your vitamins: Tocopherol derivatives as new dioxin receptor antagonists
(PhysOrg.com) -- When reactive oxygen species (ROS) hit the body, vitamin E helps to prevent damage to tissues and cells by acting as an antioxidant. The health benefits of vitamin E are numerous, and in fact, ...
Mar 18, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
German 'action plan' after dioxin food scare
Germany's under-fire agriculture minister presented on Friday an "action plan" aimed at preventing a repeat of this month's scare over dioxin poisoning in eggs and pork.
Jan 14, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Germany kills 140 dioxin-contaminated pigs
(AP) -- German authorities ordered 140 pigs slaughtered Tuesday after tests showed high levels of a cancer-causing chemical for the first time in swine, as the nation's dioxin scandal widened beyond poultry and eggs.
Jan 11, 2011 |
not rated yet |
2
Dioxin in your egg? There's an app for that
As Germany grapples with a food scandal that has forced thousands of farms to halt sales, one technology firm has come up with an enterprising way to pick out the bad eggs at the supermarket.
Jan 10, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Germany lifts dioxin-related bans on 3,050 farms
(AP) -- Livestock feed producers must face stricter controls and Germany and other EU nations must have better, more centralized dioxin monitoring, German officials proposed Monday after high dioxin levels ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Germany detects illegal dioxin levels in poultry
(AP) -- German investigators have found excessive levels of cancer-causing dioxin in chicken - the first such confirmation of tainted meat since the discovery that German farm animals had eaten contaminated ...
Jan 09, 2011 |
3.5 / 5 (4) |
8
Germany halts pork, egg sales in dioxin scare
(AP) -- Germany froze sales of poultry, pork and eggs from more than 4,700 farms Friday to stem the spread of food contaminated with cancer-causing dioxin, as fears grew that farmers could have been using ...
Jan 07, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Toxicologist says urgent action needed on dioxins
The environmental scientist whose work on dioxins last year prompted governments around the world to suspend the use of some pesticides says there is more to the problem and authorities need to act urgently.
Dec 07, 2010 |
3.8 / 5 (4) |
0
China to rein in dioxin emissions to help air quality
China has said it aims to cut the intensity of dioxin emissions in key industries by 10 percent by 2015, as part of efforts by the world's top polluter to tackle ever-worsening air quality.
Nov 09, 2010 |
3 / 5 (1) |
1
New dioxin rules might force more cleanups
(AP) -- The government has spent many millions of dollars in recent decades cleaning up sites contaminated with dioxin and, in extreme cases, relocating residents of entire neighborhoods tainted by the toxin.
Oct 31, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
'Fowl' news: Hints from Taiwan that free-range eggs may be less healthy than regular eggs
Contrary to popular belief, paying a premium price for free-range eggs may not be healthier than eating regular eggs, a new study reports. Scientists found that free-range eggs in Taiwan contain at least five ...
Jun 16, 2010 |
5 / 5 (3) |
1
Study finds rising levels of dioxins from common soap ingredient in Mississippi River
Specific dioxins derived from the antibacterial agent triclosan, used in many hand soaps, deodorants, dishwashing liquids and other consumer products, account for an increasing proportion of total dioxins ...
May 18, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Dioxin
Dioxin is commonly used to refer to :
In chemistry, a dioxin is a heterocyclic 6-membered ring, where 2 carbon atoms have been substituted by oxygen atoms:
For more information about Dioxin, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
This text uses material from Wikipedia and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
