Re: Dioxins and Plants

["Jon Campbell" <jon@cqs.com>]

Hi, Byron,

      Yes, Dennis C also pointed this out to me. But the amount, of course
is pretty miniscule compared to what we have today in background air and
soil...

Thanks
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: Byron Bodo <bodo@interlog.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <dioxin-l@essential.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: Dioxins and Plants


>At 11:14 PM 26/01/98 -0500, Jon Campbell wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>       Dioxins are not found in nature except in exceedingly small
>>concentrations (lightning bolts into the ocean), nothing like what is
found
>>today.
>
>I've heard that there was a recent paper on some sort of naturally formed
>PCDD/Fs in the seabeds off Japan but I couldn't find a precise reference.
>
>>The only reason that trees give off dioxin when burned is because
>>they have absorbed organochlorines from their contaminated atmosphere
>>(especially where 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T have been sprayed!). They are
extremely
>>peculiar molecules. As far as I have read, there are no natural organisms
>>which can use or assimilate them.
>
>That's the 1st time I've seen anyone claim this.  What about the natural
>Cl content of wood & vegetation?
>
>-bb
>