What does PCB stand for?

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (CAS Number 27323-18-8)

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The Environmental Protection Agency found mercury — a pollutant primarily released from coal-fired power plants — and polychlorinated biphenyls in all fish samples it collected from 500 lakes and reservoirs from 2000-2003.

EPA: Toxic chemicals in freshwater fish widespread

The PCBs, short for polychlorinated biphenyls an oily substance found to be a likely carcinogen were legally released into the river by General Electric Co.

United States: Hudson River dredging season coming to an end

There have been some reports of declines in male fertility due to factors like exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other environmental contaminants and to pesticides.

Diet and male fertility

Pollutants such as dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which might cause harmful long-term effects, can build up in the oily parts of fish.

Do fish oils help kids? Ask Sam food standards agency

SAN FRANCISCO -- Greater levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in the blood were associated with worse neuropsychological executive functioning in a study of 276 adults, Richard F.

Exposure to PCBs worsens cognition

Two years ago, the WWF named them as the most contaminatedmarine animal, with blubber full of polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides andeven flame retardant used in carpets, thanks to the high level of pollution inthe Arctic seas.

WHITE MISCHIEF; Bleak future: These cubs face being hunted by man, ...

One possibility is that persistent organochlorine pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) elicit immunotoxic effects that influence the production of specific antibodies.

PCB exposure affects antibody response in vaccinated children

He explains bonds and molecules, environmental transformation and degradation, toxicology, and the following contaminants: petroleum hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins, synthetic polymers, pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, soaps and detergents.

Basic Concepts of Environmental Chemistry, 2d ed