DIOXIN ISOMERS IN 2, 4 D HERBICIDE IN CANADA. 2007. Jorma Jyrkkanen

DIOXINS IN 2,4-d IN CANADA.2007. JORMA JYRKKANEN jjyrkkanen76@outlook.com

Dioxin isomers and levels in 2,4-D herbicide. The dioxin 2,3,7,8-TCDD has been reclassified as a Class 1 Human Carcinogen. Isomers behave similarly to 2,3,7,8-TCDD but differ in scale of effect. They are called TCDDEQ’s. Toxic effects range from cancer to endocrine to immune to wasting disease. Dioxins make men less masculine and women less feminine, and we are all exposed to them. Lab Services Division Table 3. Levels of Chlorodioxins in 2,4-D Technical Esters Agriculture Canada dioxin (ppb) Sample No. 2,4-D Acid % (w/w) Mono 2,7-Di 1,3,7-Tri 1,3,6,8/1,3,7,9-Tetra 43 64.96 8 5 44 61.55 4 7 45 58.32 6 7 46 62.5 8 47 64.23 48 65.94 49 60.67 50 63.3 8 51 62.6 45 14 18 52 60.8 5 25 53 60.9 20 30 54 62.5 34 42 55 62.3 18 34 56 61 28 57 62.6 58 64.6 25 6 9 59 55.9 120 2030 6230 1510 60 59.1 240 1230 2700 370 61 60.7 20 1880 240 750 62 65.6 30 2760 440 72 63 59.5 170 16300 1450 930 64 55.6 40 7700 2820 300 65 59.4 200 11400 3120 600 66 65.6 40 2130 640 <10 67 58.2 40 1700 340 60 68 59.4 20 1170 300 <10 69 66.8 150 3030 400 50 70 62.3 90 3770 670 80 71 61.6 2 1 72 61.5 307 75 73 64.6 9 3 74 61.9 3 10 10 75 59.9 75 38 76 59.2 20 287 86 8 77 65.2 78 62.7 3 27 8 79 66.2 3 5 80 64 5 5 81 64.5 2 17 82 65.5 21 83 62.3 24 84 66.6 2 12 85 65.4 9 Cochrane, W.P., J. Singh, W. Miles, B. Wakeford. 1981. Levels of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins in 2,4-D Technical Products. Lab. Services Div., Ag. Can., Ottawa, Ont., KIA OC5 Commentary The revelation of dioxins in 2,4-D, has profound ramifications for public trust in government and corporations. It shatters that trust. Firstly, governments have defended 2,4-D against public appeals claiming its safety, and have been active advocates and participants in its use. They have also covered up their knowledge of its true toxic nature. Quite simply, they lied to the public. The government information sheets on 2,4-D had no mention of dioxin contaminants. Secondly, this is no isolated incident. Other pesticides contain harmful and unkown contaminants. I found carcinogens when I examined glyphosate based herbicides. Another chap examined rotenone in detail and found a number of undeclared contaminants. I demonstrate through my inerts list and contaminants html that this is the tip of a toxic ice-berg and we must wake up to the fact that government and industry are not looking after our health or the environmental health adequately. They need to be reigned in and put under a public watch-dog like you and I. We, the people, the end co-recipients with other high-end ecosystem partners amongst the other species, in the food chain of these poisons, need to reject the system of management now in place where environmental health is progressively compromised for the sake of short term economic expediency and cumulatively degraded. The problem of government mismanagement of toxins arises from a defect in the system of management. Government is in a binary role of both advocate of industrial growth and protector of the health and environment. This is a fundamental conflict of interest. One cannot do both without incurring liability so to protect themselves, they have become secretive. In that environment of secrecy, all manner of harmful things can occur like the massive accumulation of toxic ‘Inerts’. This system needs a fundamental over-haul. Environmental protection needs to be made independent of the national economies and put into an independent global trust. © 2007 Jorma Jyrkkanen. All rights reserved. Tags: dioxins, 2,4-D, Canada See Ref for Clear Table. https://jyrkkanenconservationbiology.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/dioxins-in-24-d-in-canada/