Wednesday, December 29, 2010

A Chemical Conundrum: How Dangerous Is Dioxin?

A Chemical Conundrum: How Dangerous Is Dioxin?
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/28/132368362/a-chemical-conundrum-how-dangerous-is-dioxin

"In December of 1982, the people of Times Beach, Mo., were forced to abandon their town forever because the Environmental Protection Agency found high levels of a chemical called dioxin.

At the time, dioxin was considered one of the world's most dangerous chemicals. But nearly 30 years later, the EPA still can't seem to decide just how dangerous it really is."

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