Aren there many different sources of dioxin? Why blame the chlorine industry?
A. The production of dioxin is inherently linked to chlorine chemistry which is why the chlorine industry attempts to divert responsibility away from its products and processes. In 1980 the Dow Chemical Corporation published a theory called the “Trace Chemistries of Fire.” This was predicated because in the late 1970’s, attention turned to dioxin pollution because of the spraying of chlorinated herbicides and the effects of dioxin on Vietnam veterans exposed to it as a contaminant in the herbicide Agent Orange. Producers of chlorinated herbicides faced the possibility of restrictions on their products and massive class-action claims for health effects among exposed veterans. At the height of this activity, Dow Chemical, who had been the largest producer of Agent Orange, published a novel theory in the prominent scientific magazine Science. Dioxin, Dow said, is a natural chemical, occurring in any and all combustion processes, including forest fires, volcanoes, and household stoves.[1]
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