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dioxin

Definition: *
A by-product formed during the preparation of the herbicide 2, 4, 5-T, and sometimes produced by the incineration of chlorinated organic compounds. It may also occur naturally and is distributed widely in the environment, except locally in extremely low concentrations. Substantial amounts were released by the industrial accident of Seveso in 1976.
* Note: Definition is not available for the current language
broader terms
heterociklikus vegyület
  szerves oxigénvegyület
narrower terms
poliklórozott dibenzo-p-dioxin
related terms
halogénezett szennyezőanyag
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
KÉMIA/VEGYÉSZET, ANYAGOK, FOLYAMATOK
Themes:
kémia/vegyészet
Other relations:
Has exact match
EuroVoc: toxic substance
EEA Determinant: Dioxins
Wikipedia article
Dioxin
Arabic: ديوكسين
Basque: dioxina
Bulgarian: Диоксин
Catalan: dioxines
Chinese: 戴奥辛
Croatian: dioksin
Czech: dioxin
Danish: dioxiner
Dutch: dioxine
English: dioxin
English (US): dioxin
Estonian: dioksiin
Finnish: dioksiini
French: dioxine
German: Dioxin
Greek: διοξίνη
Irish: dé-ocsain
Italian: diossine
Latvian: dioksīns
Lithuanian: dioksinas
Maltese: dijossina
Norwegian: dioksin
Polish: dioksyna
Portuguese: dioxina
Romanian: dioxină
Russian: диоксин
Slovak: dioxín
Slovenian: dioksin
Spanish: dioxinas
Swedish: dioxin
Turkish: diyoksin
Ukrainian: діоксин
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2207>