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Dioxins are created by burning trash at low temperatures, e.g. in a personal burn barrel. At high temperatures dioxins are destroyed. Please don't scare the Swe
by jws 14y ago
Dioxins are created by burning trash at low temperatures, e.g. in a personal burn barrel. At high temperatures dioxins are destroyed. Please don't scare the Swedes.
- jonke 14y agoAt high temperatures above 1000 degrees C, dioxin decomposes and the incinerators here are constructed for that. Offical numbers: "The total emissions of dioxins to air in Sweden in 2008 was about 38 grams of TCDD equivalents." Of that 5g is supposed to be from wasteburning. (That number is disputed by greenpeace who claims that to be 114g)