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Obesity and Metabolic Comorbidities: Environmental Diseases?
Table 1
Examples of dioxin contamination incidents.
| Year | Country | Type of accident | Cause |
| 1960–1975 | Vietnam | Contamination by a defoliant, agent orange | Contaminated agent orange | 1976 | Italy (Seveso) | Contamination by a cloud of toxic chemicals of an area of 15 square kilometers | Accident at a chemical factory | 1998 | Germany | Contamination of milk | Contaminated citrus pulp pellet from Brazil | 1999 | Belgium | Contamination of poultry and eggs | Animal feed contaminated with illegally disposed PCB-based waste industrial oil | 2004 | The Netherlands | Contamination of milk | Contaminated clay in animal feed | 2007 | Europe | Contamination of guar gum (food additive) | Guar gum from India contaminated by pentachlorophenol that contains dioxins as further contamination | 2008 | Ireland | Contamination of pork meat and products | Contaminated animal feed |
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