Re: AIDS and dioxin

[philip@prcn.org (Philip Fleischer)]

>correct in assuming that domestic wood fires that may also contain
>plastics could be a signifcant source of dioxins and hence
>immunosuppressants and thus play a role in the progression  of AIDS.
>Wood fires are the dominant form of fuel for  cooking and  heating
>and in my experience in Botswana a common way of trash disposal. I am also

Any fire may be a source but the volume burned makes a big difference
in how significant a source is.

Pulp mill power boilers amd municipal waste incinerators burn 100s and
even 1000s of tons per day.  Domestic cooking or disposal fires are
insignificant compared to these.



Philip Fleischer   philip@prcn.org