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Polychlorinated Biphenyl


Polychlorinated biphenyl - Wikipedia

They are highly toxic and carcinogenic chemical compounds, formerly used in industrial and consumer electronic products, whose production was banned ...

Learn about Polychlorinated Biphenyls | US EPA

PCBs are a group of man-made organic chemicals consisting of carbon, hydrogen and chlorine atoms. The number of chlorine atoms and their location in a PCB ...

What are PCBs? - National Ocean Service

PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are industrial products or chemicals. ... PCB chemicals were banned in the U.S. in 1979 because these ...

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of manmade chemicals. They are oily liquids or solids, clear to yellow in color, with no smell or taste. PCBs are ...

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) | Toxic Substance Portal | ATSDR

Polychlorinated biphenyls are mixtures of up to 209 individual chlorinated compounds (known as congeners). There are no known natural sources of PCBs.

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) | Public Health Statement - CDC

PCBs are a group of synthetic organic chemicals that can cause a number of different harmful effects. There are no known natural sources of PCBs in the ...

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) - VA Public Health

PCBs are manufactured organic chemicals that are no longer produced in the United States, but are still in the environment and can cause health problems.

Table of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Congeners | US EPA

Table of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Congeners. This contains a list of all PCB congeners, which is any single, unique well-defined chemical ...

Polychlorinated Biphenyl - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of organic chemicals containing chlorine atoms attached to the biphenyl rings.

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) - Canada.ca

Find out more about PCBs from Health Canada's It's Your Health factsheet on PCBs, and Environment Canada's Web site on PCBs and on Management of Toxic ...

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) - DCCEEW

Industry sources. PCBs are generated and released into the environment as unintentional by-products of chemical manufacturing and incineration.

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) - SA Health

The most common health effects in people with large exposures to PCBs are skin conditions including acne and rashes.

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) | Wisconsin Department of Health ...

Also known as: Aroclor, Chlorinated Biphenyls, Kaneclor Chemical reference number (CAS): 1336-36-3 PCBs are a group of 209 different ...

Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) carcinogenicity with special ...

Airborne PCBs are, in contrast to foodborne PCBs, lower chlorinated, more volatile, and subject to metabolic attack.

Polychlorinated Biphenyl - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

Polychlorinated biphenyls. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of compounds containing a biphenyl molecule with multiple chlorines (usually between 2 ...

Definition of polychlorinated biphenyl - NCI Dictionary of Cancer ...

polychlorinated biphenyl ... One of a large group of man-made chemical compounds that were used to make many products, including electrical equipment, insulation, ...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) - Virginia Department of Health

The United States ceased the production of PCBs in 1977 because of evidence of accumulation in the environment. PCBs were used mainly as ...

PCBs - | Washington State Department of Health

What are PCBs? Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are mixtures of up to 209 individual chlorinated compounds (known as congeners). There are no known natural ...

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

PCBs are a group of more than 200 similar manmade chemicals. They are oily liquids or solids, clear to yellow in color, with no smell or taste.

Polychlorinated Biphenyls - A Forgotten Legacy? - UNEP

PCB, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are chemicals that have dangerous effects on the environment and human health. PCB have been used in many ...