1.   Tests on animals have shown that dioxin can cause these maladies.

2.   At this point, Michalek said, he is unwilling to say whether he thinks dioxin really does cause diabetes.

3.   Dr. Goldman cautioned that the estimates of cancer potentially caused by dioxin represented the maximum theoretical number that the draft report said could occur.

4.   Moreover, it says, dioxin can cause other adverse health effects, like developmental delays in children and disruptions in hormone secretions.

5.   Second, what is the actual extent of the health damage caused by dioxin at the extremely low levels found in most Americans?

6.   Tests have also shown that dioxin can cause developmental disorders in young animals.

7.   The actual number of cases of cancer caused by dioxin could be far lower, she said.

8.   Dioxin can cause cancer in humans.

9.   Dioxin causes cancer.