Dioxins

There has been longstanding concern over the possibility of health effects, including cancer and birth defects, due to dioxins.

Answers to questions about dioxins, including effects of dioxin exposure and the health support service for people who have been exposed.

Find out about support for former sawmill workers who were exposed to pentachlorophenol at sawmills from 1950s to 1980s.

For health professionals and others who may have questions about dioxins and their health effects.

Massey University completed a 3-year study measuring the concentration of pollutants in blood.

Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in the milk of NZ women

The report investigating historical exposures to dioxin among residents of the New Plymouth suburb of Paritutu was released in 2005.

Other key agencies involved with dioxins, including workplace exposure, contaminated places, and Vietnam veterans.