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COPA - PCBs and Superfund in Bloomington, Indiana
PCBs, dibenzofurans, dioxin, and DDT. These chemicals mimic estrogen in the human body ... ) PCBs and 0.1 ppm PCDFs [polychlorinated dibenzofurans, a potent dioxin-like poison].[4] A new mother in the U.S. ... exposed to low levels of lead [which are a well documented health hazard].. The Jacobsons had previously linked prenatal PCB exposure ...
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COPA - PCBs and Superfund in Bloomington, Indiana
PCB levels up to 41pg/g oil and it is likely that any legal limit will be in single figures. In addition to the dioxin-like PCBs, the Commission is also considering whether non-dioxin-like ...
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july_december2003_articles
Trying to stamp out dioxin pollution 12/20 - Bill targets invasive fish species ... - Why did Lake Michigan have pea soup-like conditions this summer? 10/27 - Vegetation grooming ... /08 - Firms could "cash out" on Fox River PCB cleanup 9/08 - Michigan panel seeks to ease ... gains protection 8/25 - Dioxins drove Great Lakes trout levels down 8/25 - Officials target sea lamprey for ...
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CSWAB: Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger
PCB levels above 50, much less 22,000 ppm. EPA readily ... ATSDR), total dioxin concentrations should not exceed 1 part per billion (ppb) to be protective of human health. Total dioxin levels at ... for Social Responsibility. “Open burning of paints, plastics, and PCB-contaminated materials like that proposed at Badger would be foolhardy, and dangerous. ...
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Fishing in Wisconsin and the Great Lakes
Lake Trout, may have gone extinct in some of the Great Lakes because of dioxin and PCB contamination, which injures or kills newly hatched Trout fry. More than a dozen species ... to be the largest freshwater estuary in the United States. The bay water levels fluctuate due to a tide-like "seich" (pronounced "saysh") created by wind pressures on the bay. Seiches push ...
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CWAC News June 2003
Fails the Criteria The rule allows landspreading at rates which increase soil PCB levels above levels deemed safe by the health experts. 2. The Public is Already Dangerously Contaminated with ... they’re waiting for the federal EPA to propose dioxin landspreading rules sometime next year, but many toxic PCBs do not behave like dioxins. Also, the Bush Administration is unlikely to propose ...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants
Greenpeace The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) would like to ask your help in stopping the ... are endangered and some are polluted with high levels of toxic pollutants in their bodies. If these ... dioxin , EPA Urged to Perform Emergency PCB Clean-up - Fox River Green Bay , People of Color Battle Toxics in Communities Across the U.S. , Subject: The American People's Dioxin Report , PCB ...
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People of Color Battle Toxics in Communities Across the U.S.
Pine Bluff Arsenal. To that end, the ... releases of dioxin," Gibbs continued, "It's time for government to go beyond talking towards elimination." Dangerous levels of dioxin are found ... termination of pregnancy by stimulating premature uterine contractions. Both PCB mixtures and individual congeners can stimulate contractions in isolated ...
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PCBs and 0.1 ppm PCDFs [polychlorinated dibenzofurans, a potent dioxin-like poison].[4] A new mother in the U.S. today has an average of one ... levels weighed 10% (4 pounds) less than children with lower PCB levels. The effect was particularly significant in girls. In addition, the Michigan children were ranked according to an "activity" index, and higher PCB levels ...
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Our Stolen Future: Mixtures of chemicals
PCB congeners and dioxin on hepatic porphyrin accumulat ion in rats. PCB 153 by itself caused no increase in accumulation. Maximum increases for dioxin alone were about twice control levels. But combining PCB 153 and dioxin ... both TCDD (dioxin)-like and non-TCDD-like effects.. after a short exposure." "If the risk assessment of an environmental mixture focuses only on the TCDD-like compounds in the ...
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