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Body Burden
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Dioxins
Dioxins are used in the chlorine bleaching of paper and other chlorine products; they are also released from burning chlorine waste. When released, dioxins contaminate food, which is how they enter the body. Dioxin in its pure form is considered extremely toxic. With routine, normal diet you already have dioxins in you, about 13 nanograms per kilogram of bodyweight.
· "Current 'normal' body burdens of dioxin and several other organochlorines in humans are at or near the range at which toxic effects occur in laboratory animals" (Trade Secrets: Moyer's Report) [8]
· "The EPA estimates that the average U.S. citizen without any direct exposure to dioxins other than routine diet has an average body burden of 13 nanograms of dioxin per kilogram of body weight or parts per trillion. The level increases with age. Dioxin has been found in the sperm of Vietnam veterans 20 years after exposure." (Enviro-Net) [3]
· "Because dioxins are widely distributed throughout the environment in low concentrations, are persistent and bioaccumulated, most people have detectable levels of dioxins in their tissues. These levels, in the low parts per trillion, have accumulated over a lifetime and will persist for years, even if no additional exposure were to occur." (Environmental Protection Agency) [4]
· "Sex hormones are diminished in men with 13 ng/kg [of dioxins]; altered glucose tolerance has been observed in humans with 14 ng/kg; decreased growth is observable in humans having 47 ng/kg; endometriosis is produced in monkeys having 27 ng/kg." (Green Left Weekly) [39]
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