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Seveso

American  
[suh-vay-soh, se-ve-saw] / səˈveɪ soʊ, sɛˈvɛ sɔ /

noun

  1. an industrial town in N Italy, near Milan: 1976 dioxin release.


Seveso British  
/ sɛˈveɪsəʊ /

noun

  1. a town in N Italy, near Milan: evacuated in 1976 after contamination by a poisonous cloud of dioxin gas released from a factory

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The so-called "Seveso" sites include plants that manufacture hazardous materials for missiles and rockets.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Because the preservative contains dioxin, a substance related to the highly toxic chemical that has made the Italian town of Seveso uninhabitable, state officials banned sales of PCP and quarantined suspect cattle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since then the birth rate in Seveso has dropped sharply.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two years after, the core of Seveso is dead The streets today are still sealed behind a high fence of yellow plastic panels, like a Berlin Wall of environmental quarantine.

From Time Magazine Archive

After reading about the Seveso incident, however, Paul Reutershan, a veteran who was suffering from cancer of the colon, filed suit in 1977.

From Time Magazine Archive

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