English-Swedish translations for dioxin

• dioxin en
  Detta är inte det första dioxinlarmet.This is not the first dioxin scare.
  Vid förbränning frigörs klor och dioxin.Chlorine and dioxins are released during incineration.
  Gränsvärdet måste vara lika med noll för dioxin och PCB, utan tvekan.The limit value has to be zero for both dioxins and PCB.

Definition of dioxin

• Any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides
• The unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms and two double bonds

Related words

• dioxide
• dioxidane
• apodioxis
• carbon dioxide
• nitrogen dioxide
• carbon dioxide snow
• silicon dioxide
• lead dioxide
• sulfur dioxide