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COPA - PCBs and Superfund in Bloomington, Indiana
PCBs - NIH PCBs and Health - Health Canada Dioxins and PCBs in Food - UK Synopsis on dioxins and PCBs - Finland Public Health Implications Of Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) - ATSDR PCBs ...
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Our Stolen Future: Exposure is ubiquitous
PCBs. Tests will be repeated each year to ... of contamination accumulate organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in their snowpacks. Snow that they sampled showed a 10- to 100-fold increase between 700 and 3,100 meters in altitude ...
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Our Stolen Future: About polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
PBDEs are added are high-impact polystyrene, polyurethane foam, wire and cable insulation, and electrical and electronic connectors. PBDEs can constitute quite a large percentage of the ... are highly persistent and bioaccumulative... classic POPs although not yet included in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. PBDEs are chemical similarity to dioxins and PCBs, although far ...
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Salt Lake City and Utah Counties ran the risk of killing thousands. They also have charged that routine emissions from the plant's stacks of such deadly chemicals as dioxins and PCBs would be much higher than the Army has claimed and would result in higher rates of cancers and other illnesses. In justifying these claims they have pointed to the scores of operational and ...
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Environment News Service News Index February 2006
Emerging U.S. Renewables Grab Presidential Attention Turning Out the Lights in Zimbabwe China and Russia Sign River Monitoring Pact British Columbia Plans to Commercialize Provincial Parks AmeriScan: ... Rocky Mountain Gray Wolves Could Lose Endangered Species Protection Europe Sets Maximum Levels for Dioxins and PCBs in Food Indonesian Turtles Found 12 Years Ago Already on the Brink INSIGHTS: Mining ...
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frequently asked questions
PCBs). Dioxins and PCBs are environmental ... and mackerel containing intermediate amounts. Dioxins and PCBs are also present in small amounts in a variety of other foods. SACN confirmed the existing recommendations and advised that: Girls and women of reproductive age, including pregnant and ...
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COPA - PCBs and Superfund in Bloomington, Indiana
European Centre for Environment and Health PO Box 10 NL-3730 AA De Bilt, Netherlands email : eceh@who.nl Source : WHO - 16th Symposium on Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds - Amsterdam, ... Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Levels from the National Human Adipose Tissue Survey1 of various dioxins (e.g., 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-dioxin), dibenzofurans, DDT and metabolites, and PCBs indicate ...
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Guide to 'Impact on nature and public health' section - Environmental Data Compendium
UV radiation are known causes of health problems. Toxic substances, for example dioxins, furans and PCBs, are also found in food and even in breast milk. Relevant sections and ...
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Guide to 'Impact on nature and public health' section - Environmental Data Compendium
UV radiation are known causes of health problems. Toxic substances, for example dioxins, furans and PCBs, are also found in food and even in breast milk. Relevant sections and ...
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World Bank Group and Incineration
PCBs. Incinerators are the world's primary source of dioxins, which have been shown to cause a wide range of cancers, immune system damage, and reproductive and ...
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