Dioxin is an organochlorine , or a man-made chemical which has chlorine bound to organic compounds. Organochlorines are foreign to the biology of life. They are not created naturally in the bodies of humans or other terrestrial animals. This is because living tissue must be able to easily break down or biodegrade. Organochlorines are extremely stable, sometimes taking hundreds of years to break down.
Enzymes cause a vast amount of bodily activity.
Much activity is stopped by the enzyme biodegrading . Many toxic chemicals are linked with a specific illness, such as lead and brain damage or asbestos and mesotholioma. Others are linked with several illnesses. Dioxin is tied to such a very large number of diseases because it is a cancer-enhancer . Dioxins intensify cancers which other toxics begin.