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What does dioxin mean?

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Pamelasaylor35

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11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Dioxin is a highly toxic compound that is very harmful to people and the environment that it is in. Though there are many dioxin like properties the original compound is C12H4O2Cl4.

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