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Dioxin from U S smokestacks traced to Arctic communities
Scientists use a NOAA modeled system to trace dioxin from 35 eastern and central U S incinerators cement kilns and steel plants to Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic. One Harrisburg incinerator sent nearly 5 percent to Broughton Island and an Ames Iowa facility about 5 percent to Chesterfield Inlet.
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New York
Arctic
New York City
Queens University
United States
Nunavut
Canadian Arctic
Harrisburg
Broughton Island
Arctic Circle
Baffin Bay
Ames
Iowa
Chesterfield Inlet
Canada
Hudson Bay
Greg Block
North American Commission For Environmental Cooperation