dioxin Definition
di·oxin (dī äks′in)
dioxin Usage Examples
Converse of object
- release: He says there are more dioxins released into the atmosphere on Bonfire Night than the entire EFW industry produces in a year.
- contain: In Europe breast milk contains more dioxins than is legally allowed in cows milk.
- determine: Methods The analytical methodology for determining dioxin and PCB concentrations in cows ' milk has already been reported 15.
- produce: They produce dioxins, among the most lethal known substances.
- include: These include dioxins, acid gases, nitrogen oxide, heavy metals and particulates.
- find: High levels of dioxins found in bottom ash of Bernard Road incinerator - dioxins are linked to cancers, notably breast cancer.
Noun used with modifier
background: The other UK EfW plants have recorded similar low dioxin emission levels - equivalent to existing, background dioxin levels in urban soils.
Adjective modifier
- toxic: Some highly toxic dioxin is also formed despite careful control of the flue gas temperatures.
- combined: The combined dioxin and PCB concentrations were in the range 2.5 - 6.1 ng TEQ/kg milk fat.
- more: In Europe breast milk contains more dioxins than is legally allowed in cows milk.
Modifies a noun
- congener: For Quality Control purposes a reference sample with known concentrations of dioxins congeners was included in the batches of samples analyzed.
- contamination: What level of dioxin contamination can lead to harmful health effects?
- emission: Municipal waste incinerators have been the major source of dioxins emissions in the UK.
- intake: Thus the control of dioxin level in feed is a decisive tool to reduce the human dioxin intake.
- concentration: The dioxins concentrations in the milk samples tested do not therefore pose a risk to human health.
- exposure: Health effects of dioxin exposure: A 20-year mortality study.
Preposition: in
- milk: Concentrations of dioxins in retail milk purchased in 1988 from various areas of the UK were at the lower end of the normal range.
- cow: Methods The analytical methodology for dioxins in the cows ' milk surveys has already been reported.
- sample: The results for dioxins in these samples have already been published.
- food: Is there a limit for the amount of dioxins in food?
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