| In the winter of 2004 elections took place in Ukraine to choose a new president. Viktor Yushchenko, the candidate thought most likely to win, suddenly fell ill with a mysterious sickness. After three months of tests, the cause was identified as dioxin poisoning. The fact that this condition occurs very infrequently made the diagnosis difficult, but coincidence also played a role. The chloracne, which became very v isible on the victim’s face after a few weeks, led an English doctor in the correct direction. Two independent laboratories subsequently discovered that Yushchenko had a level of dioxin in his blood which was 50,000 times higher than the population average. Since only pure TCDD was found, it was deduced that he must have been intentionally poisoned with synthetically manufactured dioxin. |
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