Dioxin

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008000",
  "term": "Dioxin",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Any of a family of compounds known chemically as dibenzo-p-dioxins. Concern about them arises from their potential toxicity as contaminants in commercial products. Tests on laboratory animals indicate that it is one of the more toxic anthropogenic (man-made) compounds.\n\n2. Any of a family of compounds which has as a nucleus a triple-ring structure consisting of two benzene rings connected through a pair of oxygen atoms.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "RCRA Glossary of Terms; Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 766.3 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/dioxin/"
}