How to Use dioxin in a Sentence

dioxin

noun

• The dioxin the Americans used in the war was — and still is — a weapon of genocide.
  — Nick Hilden, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
• The poison in his body was a dioxin found only in Russian labs.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Feb. 2022
• Mercury and dioxin seeped into the aquifer, tainting produce and sheep herds, a source of prized cheese.
  — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2018
• The burning of vinyl chloride can release dioxins into the air.
  — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Trucks rolling in and out of the nearly 6-acre parcel also tracked dioxin through the neighborhood.
  — NBC News, 1 Oct. 2020
• Scientists have found high levels of dioxin in fish raised in ponds formed in old bomb craters like this one in the A Luoi Valley.
  — George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
• This found that most of the dioxin in the environment had long since dissipated.
  — George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
• McBride said people near the huge plume of smoke were also likely inhaling dioxins coming from the fire.
  — Anna Phillips, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2023
• Hatfield joined up the dots, showing how the two were connected and how dioxin could be transmitted from one generation to the next.
  — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2021
• But Tingen said this is false, as research has shown tampons contain safe and nondetectable amounts of dioxins.
  — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
• These substances include dioxins, a type of pollutant known to build up over time in animals and humans.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2023
• The contamination was caused by dioxin released by Dow decades ago.
  — The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017
• Verona is also the site of an old toxic waste site that contains dioxin, a contaminant that’s linked to Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other cancers.
  — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2022
• This includes dioxins, a family of pollutants that can build up over time in plants and animals and can cause cancer, according to the EPA.
  — Andrea Salcedo, Scott Dance and Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2023
• After Harvey, agency officials found dioxin in sediment near the pits at a level more than 2,000 times the EPA standard for cleanup.
  — Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2018
• Which suggested to our scientists that there was not a further risk of dioxin exposure.
  — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2023
• The contamination was caused by the chemical dioxin released by Dow decades ago.
  — Fatima Hussein, Indianapolis Star, 18 Sep. 2017
• Pentachlorophenol contains dioxins, which are used in making chemical weapons, like Agent Orange, and can peel away human skin and cause leukemia.
  — Justin Nobel, Longreads, 13 July 2017
• Her father had diabetes, which may have been triggered by dioxin, a chemical that attacks the pancreas.
  — Kathleen Flynn, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2021
• Some of these include cement, asbestos, lead, glass fibers, dioxins and other chemicals.
  — NBC News, 29 June 2019
• Pruitt announced that dioxin in the pits, which had supposedly been secured by a concrete cap, would finally be removed.
  — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2020
• In 1998 the federal government tested the blood of Mossville residents and discovered dioxin levels to be among the highest ever seen in the country.
  — Justin Nobel, Longreads, 13 July 2017
• Many residents believe that this means there is higher likelihood of dioxins being released when the tear gas is discharged.
  — Hillary Leung / Hong Kong, Time, 6 Dec. 2019
• Available in three handy sizes, the vegan mat is free of dioxin, bleach, formaldehyde, pesticides, and chemicals like PFAS, which linger in the environment.
  — Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 25 Jan. 2023
• East Palestine train derailment:Did dioxins spread after the Ohio train derailment?
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2023
• However, dioxin is not one of those chemicals, experts say.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2021
• Further spooking residents are reports that the tear gas could emit dioxin, a cancer-causing substance.
  — Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2019
• Capito questioned why the EPA had not started testing for dioxins, a persistent and hazardous class of pollutants, before last week.
  — Scott Dance, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
• Boivin got a small grant from a U.N. agency to investigate dioxin in Laos, as the nation had little scientific expertise of its own.
  — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2021
• In 1982, Times Beach, Missouri, was made a ghost town after the discovery of massive dioxin contamination tied to the defunct chemical factory in the area.
  — Jasper Craven, The New Republic, 28 June 2021

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024