A skin disease resembling acne that is caused by exposure to dioxin, pentachlorophenol, PCBs, and other chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds.
The most clearly established health effect of dioxin in humans is a skin eruption called chloracne.
Rash characterized by many comedones that develop from exposure to chlorinated chemicals or herbicides.
A painful, disfiguring condition similar to common acne that it caused by people being exposed to high concentrations of PCB's (polychlorinated biphenyls). It is a biological response to the exposure of different types of organochlorine compounds. [Pollution Engineering; v29n10; 7; 1997 Oct..] [Pollution Engineering; v28n9; 73; 1996 Sept.
Chloracne is an acne-like eruption of blackheads, cysts, and pustules associated with over-exposure to certain halogenic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as chlorinated dioxins and dibenzofurans. The lesions are most frequently found on the cheeks, behind the ears, in the armpits and groin region.
