The proving of dioxin
M Marim, M Sommer, AAL Vieira · Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung · 2005 · Heft 05
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Background: Dioxins are usually found adhering to or dissolved in fatty tissue where they can (bio)accumulate. Dioxins are not manufactured as commercial products or ingredients. They occur as unintended by-products of incomplete combustion (low temperature), photochemical and some chemical processes. These processes include waste incinerators, motor vehicles, wood burning, smoking, forest fires etc. Most human exposure to dioxins is through the food chain, such as tobacco smoke and other products finished by roasting or smoking (coffee, barbecue, smoked fish and ham). Symptoms of exposure to a large quantity of…