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P P E N D I X 3: BACKGROUND ON DIOXINS AND FURANS
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B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Sources
of Dioxins and Furans in the Environment
Municipal Incineration
Automobile Exhaust
Industrial
Sources
Pulp and Paper Industry
Municipal Waste Water Treatment
Pharmaceuticals
Pesticides
Metal Production
Petroleum Industry
Chemical
Sources
Chlorophenols
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Chemical Wastes
Natural
Sources
Environmental
Levels of Dioxins and Furans
Soils and Sediments
Environmental
Fate of Dioxins and Furans
Toxicity
of Dioxins and Furans
Plants
Foraging Animals
Fish
Humans
Kinetics,
Metabolism and Toxicity
Animals
Humans
Mechanism of Toxicity
References
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B L E S
Table
A3.1 Estimated dioxin releases to the U.S. environment
(adapted from Stillman 1990)
Table
A3.2 Dioxin/furan levels in the Canadian environment
(Environment Canada 1990)