RE:

["Campbell, Jon" <Campbell@Rational.Com>]

Bruno,

     I don't have any more information than you do, but I think the problem
was probably a coolant accident at the oil manufacturer. (Of course, if the
owner is very stupid or a psychopath, it might have been done purposely, but
it seems unlikely to me).

Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruno CAMPANELLA [mailto:campanella.b@fsagx.ac.be]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 5:17 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list DIOXIN-L
Subject: 


Hello,
I'm a new member of your interesting list, so let me introduce myself. I'm
a Ph D. student in a belgian agricultural university (in Gembloux). I study
relationships between plants and hydrophobical pollutants, essentially
dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD): contamination pathways, absorption mechanisms and
potential development of phytoremediation. 

I have a question too: is there someone having information about this
dioxin contamination that force us to eat only bread and fish these days?
What happened at Verkest's plant? 

Bruno Campanella
Aspirant F.N.R.S., Ir.

Faculté universitaire des Sciences agronomiques
Unité de Biologie végétale
Laboratoire de Toxicologie environnementale

Av. de la Faculté, 2a
5030         Gembloux
Belgique

tél: 081/622468
fax: 081/614120