> From: Brett Lorenzen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 2:46 PM
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> Subject: Re: WC:>: RE: Computers and software are consumables
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> Prior to about 1950, dioxin was rather rare in any form.
>
dioxin is just one of a family of chemical compounds known as 'chlorinated
organics.' some enviros want to "ban" all CO -- which is measured with a
test called AOZ. the ocean has very high AOX. all chlorinated organics are
not "bad" just as all cholestrol is not "bad."
> Then we started putting it in things like bleach, paper mill chemicals,
> fertilizers/herbicides, and just about everything else we could think of
> that we dumped into rivers.
>
we don't "put it" into paper or bleach. it is an unwanted byproduct of
chlorine bleaching of organic material (wood) in the paper process.
research outside of pulp mill in sitka alaska - bleached sulphite mill --
highest concentrations of dioxin in several mile (10?) radius of the plant?
road-side bar-b-que grills.
> Dioxin bio-accumulates. A fish eats it today, it's still in the fish in
> 10 years. A tree abosrbs it ten years ago, it's still there today . . .
>
lots of things bioaccumulate, b -- the dose makes the poison, for ALL
poisons.
> So, given that we polluted the living bejesus out of our environment
> with dioxin, and then outlawed it in the late 60s, the largest source of
> dioxin TODAY is from bio-accumulated sources. Tress are the biggest,
> longest living of souch sources, so when they burn, they naturally
> release the most at once.
>
are you confusing dioxin with DDT, perhaps?
kathy
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