Key findings of the EPA report
- Cancer risk from dioxins among people eating large amounts of fatty meats and dairy products.
- Dioxin exposure linked to a variety of health problems, including diabetes, developmental problems and irregularities in the immune system.
- Children's intake of dioxins is greater than those of adults.
- Dioxins are 10 times more dangerous than thought before.
- 11 per cent of all cancer deaths are due to dioxins.
- Incineration main source of dioxins.
- Burning trash in back yards is one of the largest unaddressed dioxin sources.
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