"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" writes:
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| Agreed-but the debate centres around the production of dioxins as a
result
| of the use of chlorine in bleaching pulp.

Hmm. My suspicion is that it is neglibible compared to the other sources,
given how many processes (and not just post industrial revolution ones)
produce dioxins.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Yes it is negligible and furthermore some of the dioxins produced are
relatively harmless compared to the well studied nasty ones.
Burning any wood forms dioxins (the source of chlorine being chloride ions
in the wood ). Miniscule amounts but probably larger than anything you will
get in composted paper.