What is Dioxin?
Dioxin is a general name for a large group of chemical compounds with similar structure. These compounds are made up of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and chlorine atoms. The number of the chlorine atoms and their positions in the dioxin molecule are what determines the toxicity of different dioxins. The most toxic dioxin has four chlorine atoms in positions 2, 3, 7 and 8. This dioxin ( 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) is often referred to as TCDD or “dioxin”. TCDD is the most studied and the most toxic of the dioxins.
