Following wide debate on the hazards of TCDD, US scientists are now expressing concern about the possible health hazards of low-level exposure to other dioxins, particularly those in the widely-used wood preservative pentachlorophenol (PCP). David Dickson reports
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United States: PCP dioxins found to pose health risks. Nature 283, 418 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/283418a0
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