Fwd: "American people's dioxin report"

[Norbert Dichter <N.Dichter@chemie.uni-frankfurt.de>]

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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 13:56:50
Subject: "American people's dioxin report"
To: wwfustoxicsupdate@worldwildlife.org
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December 1999

The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEF)
recently released a report revealing that nearly all 
Americans are exposed to unhealthy levels of dioxin 
through normal daily consumption of food.  The report,
"America's Choice: Children's Health or Corporate 
Profit" has three intended purposes:

1) Provide up-to-date scientific infomraiton and 
research on the effects of dioxin on human health;
2) Provide the American people with suggested 
protective policies which they can ask their elected 
officials to enact to prevent this life-threatening 
chemical from harming families;
3) Engage the American people in a national debate 
on the role of government in pollution polices and 
public health.

According to the report, dioxin exposure has been 
associated with IQ defects, increased prevalence of 
withdrawn/depressed behavior, adverse effects on 
attentional processes, an increase in hyperactive 
behavior in children, disrupted sexual development, 
birth defects, and damage to the immune system.

The report is available from CHEJ's website at:
http://www.essential.org/cchw/campaign/

The purpose of 
this message is to keep you informed 
about what WWF's Global Toxics 
Initiative is doing, as well as relevant 
news and events concerning toxic chemicals.

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