Dioxins
Health NZ monitors the health effects from dioxins and ensures adequate health care is available to those affected by dioxin exposure.
Health NZ monitors the health effects from dioxins and ensures adequate health care is available to those affected by dioxin exposure.
Dioxins are a group of chemicals that share similar structures and ways of affecting the body. They very stable and unlike most other chemicals do not quickly decompose or break down in the environment. Some of them have demonstrated adverse health effects in animals at very low levels.
More information about dioxins is provided in the links below.