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Seveso

Seveso is a small city in northern Italy where on 10th July 1976, after an explosion at a TCP (trichlorophenol) manufacturing plant, a cloud of chemicals travelled over parts of the city and some adjacent communities who were exposed to the chemicals in cloud. 2,3,7,8-TCDD was one chemical in this cloud.

Source: J Sambeth (1983) (Link to article below)

An article about the Seveso accident, published in Chemical Engineering (May 1983), is available at :  www.iisa.co.za/pdf/5130_Risk_Management.pdf

Dioxin(s) - TCDD

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