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Where do dioxins come from today?

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Where do dioxins come from today?

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The pie chart below illustrates the estimated contributions of dioxin sources in 2004. The CDC states in its 2005 National Exposure report, “Releases from industrial sources have decreased approximately 80% since the 1980s. Today, the largest release of these chemicals (dioxins) occurs as a result of the open burning of household trash and municipal trash, landfill fires, and agricultural and forest fires.

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