LABORATORY

Dioxin Testing
Dioxin is an overall term used to describe a family of highly toxic and chemically related compounds. The formal name forB this family of chemicals is polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD). Although this group of compounds originally represented a group of about 17 chlorine-substituted chemicals, it has become, in recent years, moreB inclusive of other chemical families as well.

Dioxins are released into the air from industrial processes, such as commercial or municipal waste inci…