Re: LIMIT VALUES FOR DIOXINS

["Mark Robinowitz" <mrobinowitz@igc.apc.org>]

the only SAFE level is ZERO

just like with ionizing radiation

different governments have differnet allowable limits

as Dr. Albert Schweitzer once said of nuclear fallout being "permissible" 
at certain levels, "who permitted them to permit?"

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