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Burning trash, which always includes petroleum based produces, in your back yard, is spewing large amounts, well documented I might add, of dioxins in a plume. The fallout from this plume, can be measured in the soil in a fairly short period of time. At amazing levels. Few people would support the idea of eating food grow in soil with dioxins in them.
May I add PLEASE stop burning your trash at home.
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Just FYI one Volcano spews more "stuff" in the air than all the " trash fires" ever burned onthe planet.
One forest fire spews more "stuff" in the air that all the trash fies on the planet.
....OH but Volcanos and forest fires are OK "because there natural"
Give us a break.
The term 電ioxins refers to a family of chemical compounds that share several common characteristics. They are colorless, odorless organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and chlorine. Dioxins occur as natural byproducts from volcanoes and forest fires, and are produced from man-made processes such as manufacturing, incineration, paper and pulp bleaching and exhaust emissions. Burning household trash and/or fuels like coal, wood or oil also forms dioxins.
Dioxins are measured in parts per trillion (ppt). (A part per trillion is roughly equivalent to a drop of ink in an Olympic-size swimming pool.) In the United States, industrial sources of dioxins released into the environment have decreased significantly over the past 20 years. Today, studies indicate that the largest sources of these chemicals in the U.S. are backyard trash burning and forest fires.
Should consumers be concerned about dioxins?
In the past, unusually high levels of dioxin exposure, such as workplace and accidental exposures, have caused adverse health effects but today痴 environmental levels are well below international guidelines for safe exposure.
Because there are natural sources of dioxins, including forest fires and volcanoes, dioxins are prevalent throughout the environment at very low concentrations. As such, virtually every living creature has been exposed to dioxins.
However, the July 2005 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, states that 套human blood levels of dioxins (in the U.S.) have decreased by more than 80 percent since the 1980s.
Humans will always be exposed to some low level of dioxins because there are natural sources of these compounds. To date, there have been no established health effects in humans from this low level exposure. Americans should continue to enjoy foods from all food groups, including lean meats, poultry and fish, as well as low-fat and non-fat milk and dairy products as outlined in the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
So burn on my fellow burners. There's a dormant volcano now going off in Russia that will spew more "stuff" today than everyone on this site will in a life time.
