Yushchenko: Poison TCDD dioxin
2004-12-17 15:18
London - The scientist analysing the blood of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko said on Friday that tests confirm he was poisoned by TCDD, the most harmful known dioxin.
Abraham Brouwer, professor of environmental toxicology at the Free University in Amsterdam, told The Associated Press that the dioxin was TCDD, chemically known as tetrachlorodibenzoparadioxin.
TCDD is a key ingredient of Agent Orange, a herbicide that was blamed for myriad health problems in US veterans of the Vietnam War and local villagers.
- SAPA