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A toxic onslaught from the nation's petrochemical hub was largely overshadowed by the record-shattering deluge of Hurricane Harvey as residents and first responders struggled to save lives and property.
More than a half-year after floodwaters swamped America's fourth-largest city, the extent of this environmental assault is beginning to surface, while questions about the long-term consequences for human health remain unanswered.
[...] In all, reporters catalogued more than 100 Harvey-related toxic releases—on land, in water and in the air. Most were never publicized, and in the case of two of the biggest ones, the extent or potential toxicity of the releases was initially understated.
Hurricane Harvey's toxic impact deeper than public told
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(Score: 2) by fritsd on Saturday March 24 2018, @05:59PM
I though I posted this comment already, but here goes: about TCDD, dioxin [wikipedia.org]
I write this in the hope that you find it interesting and that you didn't already know.
According to the Wiki article, the WHO claims it is quite harmless for people in part per billion doses; for a person of 80 kg, if you have a dioxin exposure of around 0.0000000056 grams per month then you'll suffer no bad health effects.
If you want to look like the Ukraine prime minister Viktor Yushchenko [wikipedia.org], you need 6000 times more dioxin than that.
That's, unfortunately, still a microscopic dose... 0.03 milligram.