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Burning vinyl chloride can also produce dioxins, which are known to cause cancer, infertility, Type 2 diabetes, ischemic heart disease and immune disorders.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/health/east-palestine-derailment-health-issues.html
Coun Williams also addressed the health fears, highlighting the saga in which the council was prosecuted after 2,000 tonnes of ash from the old Byker incinerator was found to contain potentially cancer-causing dioxins.
Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/councillors-issue-warning-over-huge-27694556
Exposure to high levels of dioxins in the short term can yield “skin lesions, such as chloracne and patchy darkening of the skin, and altered liver function,” the W.H.O. notes.
Independent public health experts say water and soil are also likely contaminated with dioxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and other similar dangerous compounds.
These threats to ecological health (include) toxicity of certain metals, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, pentachlorophenol, and trichloroethene (TCE), as well as radionuclides above background levels.”