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164 relations: Acne, Adrenal gland, Adsorption Method for Sampling of Dioxins and Furans, Agent Orange, Albert Kligman, Amenorrhea, Amsterdam, Anemia, Animal feed, Anorexia (symptom), Aromaticity, Aryl hydrocarbon receptor, Atmosphere of Earth, Belgium, Benešov, Benzene, Bioaccumulation, Biomedical waste, Biomonitoring, Birth defect, Breastfeeding, Cancer, Carcinogen, Central nervous system, Chemetco, Chemical industry, Chloracne, Chloride, Chlorine, Chlorophenol, Chlorophenoxy herbicide, CNN, Combustion, Congener (chemistry), Cytochrome P450, Czechoslovakia, Defoliant, DeLisle, Mississippi, Diabetes mellitus, Dibenzo-1,4-dioxin, Dibenzofuran, Dioxin affair, Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, Dormitory, Edgemoor, Delaware, Elbe, Endocrine system, Endometriosis, Epigastrium, Epithelium, ..., Ether, Food chain, Fuel oil, Furan, Greenpeace, Growth factor, Half-life, Hazardous waste, Hectare, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Hepatotoxicity, Herbicidal warfare, Herbicide, Holmesburg Prison, Ilva (company), Immune system, Immunity (medical), Immunotoxin, Incineration, Industrial Revolution, Industrialisation, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Ion, Ireland, Italy, Leblanc process, Leukocytosis, Libiš, Lipophilicity, List of cigarette smoke carcinogens, Love Canal, Malayan Emergency, Midland, Michigan, Miroslav Šuta, Mississippi, Missouri, Molecule, Monsanto, Mulde, Multiple myeloma, Municipal solid waste, Mutagen, Naples, National Academy of Sciences, Nausea, Neoplasm, Neratovice, Nervous system, New Johnsonville, Tennessee, New Plymouth, New York (state), New York City, New York City Hall, New Zealand, Niagara Falls, New York, Nitro, West Virginia, Olestra, Operation Ranch Hand, Organic compound, Organochloride, Oyster, Paper, Park Row (Manhattan), Pentachlorophenol, Peripheral nervous system, Persistent organic pollutant, Philadelphia, Philips, Photochemistry, Pollutant, Polychlorinated biphenyl, Polychlorinated dibenzofurans, Polyhalogenated compound, Polyvinyl chloride, Pork, Quenching, Red Cross of Viet Nam, Reproductive system, September 11 attacks, Seveso, Seveso disaster, Sewage sludge, Smelting, Solvay S.A., Spolana, State University of New York at New Paltz, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Taranto, Teratology, Thrombocytopenia, Thyroid, Tišice, Times Beach, Missouri, Titanium dioxide, Tooth, Tooth enamel, Toxic equivalency factor, Treaty, Triclosan, Ukraine, United States Armed Forces, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Vietnam War, Viktor Yushchenko, Vomiting, Wildlife, World Health Organization, World Trade Center site, 1,4-Dioxin, 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2002 European floods, 2008 Irish pork crisis. Expand index (114 more) »
Acne
Acne, also known as acne vulgaris, is a long-term skin disease that occurs when hair follicles are clogged with dead skin cells and oil from the skin.
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Adrenal gland
The adrenal glands (also known as suprarenal glands) are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol.
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Adsorption Method for Sampling of Dioxins and Furans
Adsorption Method for Sampling of Dioxins and Furans (AMESA) is an automatic system for continuous monitoring of emissions of dioxins and furans from industrial processes which require official approval in compliance with environmental regulations.
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Agent Orange
Agent Orange is an herbicide and defoliant chemical, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides.
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Albert Kligman
Albert Montgomery Kligman (March 17, 1916 – February 9, 2010) was a dermatologist who co-invented Retin-A, the acne medication, with James Fulton in 1969.
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Amenorrhea
Amenorrhoea is the absence of a menstrual period in a woman of reproductive age.
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.
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Anemia
Anemia is a decrease in the total amount of red blood cells (RBCs) or hemoglobin in the blood, or a lowered ability of the blood to carry oxygen.
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Animal feed
Animal feed is food given to domestic animals in the course of animal husbandry.
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Anorexia (symptom)
Anorexia (from Ancient Greek ανορεξία: 'ἀν-' "without" + 'όρεξις', spelled 'órexis' meaning "appetite") is the decreased sensation of appetite.
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Aromaticity
In organic chemistry, the term aromaticity is used to describe a cyclic (ring-shaped), planar (flat) molecule with a ring of resonance bonds that exhibits more stability than other geometric or connective arrangements with the same set of atoms.
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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR or AHR or ahr or ahR) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AHR gene.
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Atmosphere of Earth
The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, commonly known as air, that surrounds the planet Earth and is retained by Earth's gravity.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.
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Benešov
Benešov (Beneschau) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, about southeast of Prague, the biggest town and former capital of the Benešov District.
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Benzene
Benzene is an important organic chemical compound with the chemical formula C6H6.
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Bioaccumulation
Bioaccumulation is the accumulation of substances, such as pesticides, or other chemicals in an organism.
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Biomedical waste
Biomedical waste is any kind of waste containing infectious (or potentially infectious) materials.
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Biomonitoring
In analytical chemistry, biomonitoring is the measurement of the body burden of toxic chemical compounds, elements, or their metabolites, in biological substances.
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Birth defect
A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is a condition present at birth regardless of its cause.
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Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding, also known as nursing, is the feeding of babies and young children with milk from a woman's breast.
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Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
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Carcinogen
A carcinogen is any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that promotes carcinogenesis, the formation of cancer.
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Central nervous system
The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
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Chemetco
Chemetco was formerly one of the largest United States refiners of copper from recycled or residual sources.
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Chemical industry
The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals.
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Chloracne
Chloracne is an acne-like eruption of blackheads, cysts, and pustules associated with over-exposure to certain halogenated aromatic compounds, such as chlorinated dioxins and dibenzofurans.
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Chloride
The chloride ion is the anion (negatively charged ion) Cl−.
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Chlorine
Chlorine is a chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17.
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Chlorophenol
A chlorophenol is any organochloride of phenol that contains one or more covalently bonded chlorine atoms.
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Chlorophenoxy herbicide
Chlorophenoxy herbicides are a class of herbicide which includes: MCPA, 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T and mecoprop.
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CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.
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Combustion
Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.
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Congener (chemistry)
In chemistry, congeners are related chemical substances "related to each other by origin, structure, or function".
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Cytochrome P450
Cytochromes P450 (CYPs) are proteins of the superfamily containing heme as a cofactor and, therefore, are hemoproteins.
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Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.
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Defoliant
A defoliant is any chemical sprayed or dusted on plants to cause their leaves to fall off.
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DeLisle, Mississippi
DeLisle is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States.
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Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.
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Dibenzo-1,4-dioxin
Dibenzo-1,4-dioxin, also dibenzodioxin or dibenzo-p-dioxin (dibenzo-para-dioxin), is a polycyclic heterocyclic organic compound in which two benzene rings are connected by a 1,4-dioxin ring.
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Dibenzofuran
Dibenzofuran is a heterocyclic organic compound with the chemical structure shown at right.
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Dioxin affair
The Dioxin affair was a political crisis that struck in Belgium during the spring of 1999.
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Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (DLCs) are compounds that are highly toxic environmental persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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Dormitory
In United States usage, the word dormitory means a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students.
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Edgemoor, Delaware
Edgemoor is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
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Elbe
The Elbe (Elbe; Low German: Elv) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe.
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Endocrine system
The endocrine system is a chemical messenger system consisting of hormones, the group of glands of an organism that carry those hormones directly into the circulatory system to be carried towards distant target organs, and the feedback loops of homeostasis that the hormones drive.
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Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a condition in which the endometrium, the layer of tissue that normally covers the inside of the uterus, grows outside of it.
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Epigastrium
In anatomy, the epigastrium (or epigastric region) is the upper central region of the abdomen.
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Epithelium
Epithelium is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue.
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Ether
Ethers are a class of organic compounds that contain an ether group—an oxygen atom connected to two alkyl or aryl groups.
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Food chain
A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or trees which use radiation from the Sun to make their food) and ending at apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivores (like earthworms or woodlice), or decomposer species (such as fungi or bacteria).
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Fuel oil
Fuel oil (also known as heavy oil, marine fuel or furnace oil) is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue.
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Furan
Furan is a heterocyclic organic compound, consisting of a five-membered aromatic ring with four carbon atoms and one oxygen.
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Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 39 countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Growth factor
A growth factor is a naturally occurring substance capable of stimulating cellular growth, proliferation, healing, and cellular differentiation.
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Half-life
Half-life (symbol t1⁄2) is the time required for a quantity to reduce to half its initial value.
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Hazardous waste
Hazardous waste is waste that has substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment.
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Hectare
The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is an SI accepted metric system unit of area equal to a square with 100 meter sides, or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer in adults, and is the most common cause of death in people with cirrhosis.
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Hepatotoxicity
Hepatotoxicity (from hepatic toxicity) implies chemical-driven liver damage.
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Herbicidal warfare
Herbicidal warfare is the use of substances primarily designed to destroy the plant-based ecosystem of an area.
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Herbicide
Herbicides, also commonly known as weedkillers, are chemical substances used to control unwanted plants.
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Holmesburg Prison
Holmesburg Prison is part of the City of Philadelphia Prison System.
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Ilva (company)
Ilva is an Italian steelworks company.
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Immune system
The immune system is a host defense system comprising many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease.
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Immunity (medical)
In biology, immunity is the balanced state of multicellular organisms having adequate biological defenses to fight infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, while having adequate tolerance to avoid allergy, and autoimmune diseases.
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Immunotoxin
An immunotoxin is a man-made protein that consists of a targeting portion linked to a toxin.
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Incineration
Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials.
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
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Industrialisation
Industrialisation or industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society, involving the extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing.
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International Agency for Research on Cancer
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC; Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer, CIRC) is an intergovernmental agency forming part of the World Health Organization of the United Nations.
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Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule that has a non-zero net electrical charge (its total number of electrons is not equal to its total number of protons).
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Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.
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Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
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Leblanc process
The Leblanc process was an early industrial process for the production of soda ash (sodium carbonate) used throughout the 19th century, named after its inventor, Nicolas Leblanc.
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Leukocytosis
Leukocytosis is white cells (the leukocyte count) above the normal range in the blood.
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Libiš
Libiš is a village and municipality in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
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Lipophilicity
Lipophilicity (from Greek λίπος "fat" and φίλος "friendly"), refers to the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in fats, oils, lipids, and non-polar solvents such as hexane or toluene.
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List of cigarette smoke carcinogens
Commercial tobacco smoke is a mixture of more than 5000 chemicals.
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Love Canal
Love Canal is a neighborhood within Niagara Falls, New York.
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Malayan Emergency
The Malayan Emergency (Darurat Malaya) was a guerrilla war fought in pre- and post-independence Federation of Malaya, from 1948 until 1960.
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Midland, Michigan
Midland is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan in the Tri-Cities region of Central Michigan.
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Miroslav Šuta
Miroslav Šuta (born 1969 in Chomutov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech environmental expert and non-fiction writer.
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Mississippi
Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.
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Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.
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Molecule
A molecule is an electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.
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Monsanto
Monsanto Company was an agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation.
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Mulde
The Mulde is a river in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma, also known as plasma cell myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for producing antibodies.
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Municipal solid waste
Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as trash or garbage in the United States and rubbish in Britain, is a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public.
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Mutagen
In genetics, a mutagen is a physical or chemical agent that changes the genetic material, usually DNA, of an organism and thus increases the frequency of mutations above the natural background level.
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Naples
Naples (Napoli, Napule or; Neapolis; lit) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest municipality in Italy after Rome and Milan.
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National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
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Nausea
Nausea or queasiness is an unpleasant sense of unease, discomfort, and revulsion towards food.
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Neoplasm
Neoplasia is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue.
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Neratovice
Neratovice (Neratowitz) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
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Nervous system
The nervous system is the part of an animal that coordinates its actions by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body.
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New Johnsonville, Tennessee
New Johnsonville is a city in Humphreys County, Tennessee, United States.
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New Plymouth
New Plymouth (Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
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New York (state)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New York City Hall
New York City Hall, the seat of New York City government, is located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center area of Lower Manhattan, between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States.
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Nitro, West Virginia
Nitro is a city in Kanawha and Putnam counties in the State of West Virginia, along the Kanawha River.
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Olestra
Olestra (also known by its brand name Olean) is a fat substitute that adds no fat, calories, or cholesterol to products.
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Operation Ranch Hand
Operation Ranch Hand was a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971.
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Organic compound
In chemistry, an organic compound is generally any chemical compound that contains carbon.
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Organochloride
An organochloride, organochlorine compound, chlorocarbon, or chlorinated hydrocarbon is an organic compound containing at least one covalently bonded atom of chlorine that has an effect on the chemical behavior of the molecule.
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Oyster
Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats.
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Paper
Paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets.
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Park Row (Manhattan)
Park Row is a street located in the Financial District, Civic Center, and Chinatown neighborhoods of the New York City borough of Manhattan.
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Pentachlorophenol
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an organochlorine compound used as a pesticide and a disinfectant.
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Peripheral nervous system
The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is one of the two components of the nervous system, the other part is the central nervous system (CNS).
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Persistent organic pollutant
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.
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Philips
Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips, stylized as PHILIPS) is a Dutch multinational technology company headquartered in Amsterdam currently focused in the area of healthcare.
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Photochemistry
Photochemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of light.
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Pollutant
A pollutant is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effects, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource.
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Polychlorinated biphenyl
A polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) is an organic chlorine compound with the formula C12H10−xClx.
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Polychlorinated dibenzofurans
Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) are a family of organic compounds with one or several of the hydrogens in the dibenzofuran structure replaced by chlorines.
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Polyhalogenated compound
Polyhalogenated compounds (PHCs) are any compounds with multiple substitutions of halogens.
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Polyvinyl chloride
Polyvinyl chloride, also known as polyvinyl or '''vinyl''', commonly abbreviated PVC, is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic plastic polymer, after polyethylene and polypropylene.
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Pork
Pork is the culinary name for meat from a domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).
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Quenching
In materials science, quenching is the rapid cooling of a workpiece in water, oil or air to obtain certain material properties.
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Red Cross of Viet Nam
The Viet Nam Red Cross Society is a member (National Society) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and has its headquarters in Hanoi.
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Reproductive system
The reproductive system or genital system is a system of sex organs within an organism which work together for the purpose of sexual reproduction.
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September 11 attacks
The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
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Seveso
Seveso (in Lombard dialect: Séves) is a town and comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Region of Lombardy.
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Seveso disaster
The Seveso disaster was an industrial accident that occurred around 12:37 pm on July 10, 1976, in a small chemical manufacturing plant approximately north of Milan in the Lombardy region of Italy.
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Sewage sludge
Sewage sludge refers to the residual, semi-solid material that is produced as a by-product during sewage treatment of industrial or municipal wastewater.
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Smelting
Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore in order to melt out a base metal.
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Solvay S.A.
Solvay S.A. is a Belgian chemical company founded in 1863, with its head office in Neder-Over-Heembeek, Brussels, Belgium.
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Spolana
Spolana is a Czech chemical plant in Neratovice established in 1898.
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State University of New York at New Paltz
The State University of New York at New Paltz, known as SUNY New Paltz or New Paltz for short, is a public college in New Paltz, in the U.S. state of New York.
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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental treaty, signed in 2001 and effective from May 2004, that aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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Taranto
Taranto (early Tarento from Tarentum; Tarantino: Tarde; translit; label) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy.
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Teratology
Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development.
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Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia is a condition characterized by abnormally low levels of thrombocytes, also known as platelets, in the blood.
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Thyroid
The thyroid gland, or simply the thyroid, is an endocrine gland in the neck, consisting of two lobes connected by an isthmus.
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Tišice
Tišice is a village and municipality in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
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Times Beach, Missouri
Times Beach is a ghost town in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, southwest of St. Louis and east of Eureka.
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Titanium dioxide
Titanium dioxide, also known as titanium(IV) oxide or titania, is the naturally occurring oxide of titanium, chemical formula.
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Tooth
A tooth (plural teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food.
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Tooth enamel
Tooth enamel is one of the four major tissues that make up the tooth in humans and many other animals, including some species of fish.
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Toxic equivalency factor
Toxic equivalency factor (TEF) expresses the toxicity of dioxins, furans and PCBs in terms of the most toxic form of dioxin, 2,3,7,8-TCDD.
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Treaty
A treaty is an agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations.
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Triclosan
Triclosan (sometimes abbreviated as TCS) is an antibacterial and antifungal agent found in some consumer products, including toothpaste, soaps, detergents, toys, and surgical cleaning treatments.
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Ukraine
Ukraine (Ukrayina), sometimes called the Ukraine, is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast; Belarus to the northwest; Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively.
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United States Armed Forces
The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States of America.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Віктор Андрійович Ющенко,; born February 23, 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third President of Ukraine from January 23, 2005 to February 25, 2010.
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Vomiting
Vomiting, also known as emesis, puking, barfing, throwing up, among other terms, is the involuntary, forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose.
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Wildlife
Wildlife traditionally refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all plants, fungi, and other organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.
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World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.
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World Trade Center site
The World Trade Center site, formerly referred to as "Ground Zero" after the September 11 attacks, is a 14.6-acre (5.9 ha) area in Lower Manhattan in New York City.
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1,4-Dioxin
1,4-Dioxin (also referred as dioxin or p-dioxin) is a heterocyclic, organic, non-aromatic compound with the chemical formula C4H4O2.
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2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a polychlorinated dibenzo''-p-''dioxin (sometimes shortened, though inaccurately, to simply "dioxin") with the chemical formula.
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2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (also known as 2,4,5-T), a synthetic auxin, is a chlorophenoxy acetic acid herbicide used to defoliate broad-leafed plants.
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2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (usually called 2,4-D) is an organic compound with the chemical formula C8H6Cl2O3.
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2002 European floods
In August 2002 a flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in Russia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia.
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2008 Irish pork crisis
The Irish pork crisis of 2008 was a dioxin contamination incident in Ireland that led to an international recall of pork products from Ireland produced between September and early December of that year.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychlorinated_dibenzodioxins
