Chloracne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chloracne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

'via Blog this'Chloracne is very often seen in combination with hyperhidrosis (clammy, sweaty skin) and porphyria cutanea tarda (a skin condition of increased pigmentation, hair coarsening and blistering).

[edit]Notable cases

Viktor Yushchenkoat the University of Amsterdam, with chloracne from TCDDdioxin poisioning (2006)

• In 1949, 226 workers became ill after a container of herbicide exploded at a Monsanto Company plant in Nitro, West Virginia.^[5] Many were diagnosed with chloracne; a medical report at the time described "systemic intoxication in the workers involving most major organ systems."^{[citation needed]}
• 193 cases of chloracne occurred in Seveso, Italy in 1976 following an industrial accident in which up to a few kilograms of TCDD were released into the atmosphere.^{[citation needed]}
• Thousands of individuals^[specify] were exposed at Fort McClellan Alabama,^{[citation needed]} when a chemical weapons training center and a nearby Monsantofactory disposed of chemicals into a west Anniston creek over several decades. Many people settled out of court, but a class-action suit is still ongoing. Although the incineration of the chemical weapons at Fort McClellan ended in 2011, areas of the base remain closed or off-limits due to the residual contamination. A significant percentage of soldiers^[specify] who trained or were stationed at Fort McClellan have chloracne and many of those^[specify] maintain that chemical weapons were tested on them.^{[citation needed]}
• Almost 2,000 individuals suffered chloracne, among other symptoms, after chronic exposure to cooking oils contaminated with PCBs and PCDFs in northern Kyūshū, Japan in 1968. The syndrome came to be called Yusho or "Rice Oil" disease.^{[citation needed]}
• In 1979, a similar case of mass contamination of cooking oil was reported in central Taiwan. Over 2,000 individuals were affected by what came to be called Yu-Cheng.^[6]
• Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko suffered from prominent facial chloracne after being diagnosed with possible dioxin poisoning in late 2004 according to prominent toxicologist John Henry, though he never personally examined Yushchenko.^{[citation needed]}