Understanding PCBs

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Health

• PCBs and Health (David Carpenter, MD, 1998)
• New PCB research from Dan Sparks & Diane Henshell
  • Age structure & growth of Creek Chub in PCB-contaminated streams
  • External Heart Deformities in Passerine Birds exposed to PCBs during development
  • Site Specific PCB-Correlated Interspecies Differences in Organ Somatic Indices
• Metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls reported in human tissues November 2, 2004
• Breast Cancer and nonortho-substituted PCBs
• PCBs & Health [Clearwater]
• Fish Advisories
  • Indiana Fish Advisory
  • Wisconson Fish Advisory
  • Delaware Fish Advisory
  • New York Fish Advisory
  • New Jersey Fish Advisory
  • Pennsylvania Fish Advisory
• PCBs effect brain development-1996
• Impairments of Memory and Learning in Older Adults Exposed to PCBs Via Consumption of Great Lakes Fish
• PCB seal epidemic a bad omen for killer whales 10-14-99
• Neurotoxicity Caused by Exposure to PCBs 6-3-99
• Tainted fish "harm anglers' brains" BBC Report
• Pollutants (PCBs) affect babies' brains
• PCB Health Effects-EPA ATSDR Toxicological Profile for PCBs
• Toxin warning on oily fish UK 9-20-99
• New food scare hits Belgium
• Why Should I be Concerned about PCBs?
• Pollutants (PCBs) may produce more boys
• Fertility threat for dioxin babies
• Abnormal sperm worry for Taiwanese men
• Japan warned on PCB contaminated blubber
• PCBs Linked to low IQ RHWN 9-29-96
• Health advisories cover many area fishing spots-1997
• Are PCBs Really Dangerous? by Mitch Rice, Bloomington Voice
• PCBs and Other Industrial Chemicals Linked to New Health Risks 1994
• PCBs and Volitilization BV Mar 6, 1997
• PCBs Diminish Penis Size RHWN 7-22-92
• Recent study finds reduced sperm count in Finnish men - 1997
• History of PCBs & Health
• The sperm count of our species is in serious decline!
• Carcinigenity of 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 in Europe - Italy (contains pop-up ads, but good info)
• Work Safe - PCBs - Manitoba
• PCBs: These Supertoxins are Everywhere
• A Partnership Study of PCBs and the Health of Mohawk Youth: Lessons from Our Past and Guidelines for Our Future
• NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program (1994)Biomedical Highlights
• PCB Action Resources-IPEN
• Contamination to Legislation
• Air Quality-PCBs
• What Are PCBs? Wisconson Dept of Health
• Health Risks from PCBs - McGill Univ.
• PCBs found in ducks spurs state warning - NY

History

    2003

• Nigthmare Of Tainted Oil In 1960s Continues December 30, 2003
• SOLUTIA Says It Doen't Owe More In Alabama PCB Case December 5, 2003
• Polybrominated and polychlorinated compounds found in human breast milk October 24, 2003
• Metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls reported in human tissues November 2, 2004
• Mass spectrometric method for PCBs and pesticides in serum developed September 29, 2003
• E.P.A. Relaxes Restrictions On Sale of Contaminated Land September 3, 2003
• $700 Million Settlement in Alabama PCB Lawsuit August 21, 2003
• PCBs in Pennsylvania fish hatcheries 4-10-03
• Wisconsin state guidance issued for PCBs in land-applied sludge 3-28-03
• PCB Congress 3-27-03
  • Precautionary Principle - Dr. Peter Montague
  • Declaration of Independence from PCBs
  • Fairfield, Conn., Hosts Conference on Health Effects of PCB Contamination
• Did PCB's Save the Hudson Stripers? 3-25-03
• EPA to Name PCB Dewatering Sites for Hudson River 3-12-03
• Purdue Professors warn consumers 3-7-03
• Killer whales most contaminated by PCB 2-25-03
• St. Lawrence Island, Alaska PCB study splits scientists, health officials 2-21-03
• Cytochrome P4501B1 is induced by nonortho-substituted PCBs 2-17-03
• Japanese Ministry to create national online database on PCB storage 2-6-03
• New Jersey PCB warning worries industry 2-4-03
• Euro legislation on contaminants - an emerging crisis for industry 2-03
• Arctic faces toxic time bomb 2-1-03
• U.S. OKs Removing PCB-Containing Waste in Japan 2-1-03
• Edmunton charged over PCBs: Mayor rages at province 1-25-03
• Bayer rejects PCB contamination claim by City of Oslo 1-22-03

   2002

• Court Assesses Only 10 Percent Share of Costs in Kalamazoo River PCB Case 12-02
• Bacteria Hungry for PCBs-Purdue 12-02
• PCBS: ATSDR Plans Study of Alabama Contamination 12-02
• PCB pollution found near Spolana, Czech Republic 11-06-02
• Majority of Japan's PCBs in 270,000 transformers 10-23-02
• U.S. Announces Settlement for Comprehensive Study of PCB Contamination in Anniston, AL. 10-23-02
• Pa. Judge OKs $45 Million Award for Building Contamination 9-22-02
• Toxic town; town of Anniston, Alabama, is contaminated due to manufacture of PCBs 9-10-02
• 1986 washout of Spokane's Upriver Dam sent PCB contaminated sediment downstream 9-10-02
• Cambridge, N.Y Council bars PCBs 9-13-02
• Turtle Cove: GM's PCBs on Mohawk Land
• EPA orders Hudson River cleanup

   2001

• Tainted fish "harm anglers' brains" BBC Report 6-1-01
• Healing the Hudson River-NRDC
• Impairments of Memory and Learning in Older Adults
• PCBs live long, range wide - Dr. David Suzuki
• GM's Massena NY plant cited for PCB contamination

Research

• Cytochrome P4501B1 is induced by nonortho-substituted PCBs
• EPA PCB ID
• Superfund Cleanup Levels-Online database/mapping
• Organochlorine Pesticides and PCBs in Aquatic Ecosystems of the Central Columbia Plateau
• In Vivo and in Vitro Exposure to PCB 153 Reduces Long-Term Potentiation 9-2000
• Comparison of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Lake Michigan Salmonids.
• Solubility and Soil Mobility of PCBs
• Biology of Methanogenesis Anaerobic Bioremediation
• PCB's in People of St. Lawrence Island
• Biologists study bioremediation concepts for cleaning up PCBs
• PCBs and Health (David Carpenter, MD, 1998)
• A QSAR Evaluation of Ah Receptor Binding of Halogenated Aromatic Xenobiotics
• National Atomospheric Emmsions Inventory - UK
• Andrew Singer, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher 
• PCBs harm Adult memory [ATSDR] | Tainted fish harm anglers brains-BBC Report
• Norway's androgynous polar bears
• Arctic Contamination-1994
• Scientists test sex-change bears
• Northern Overexposure
• Norway's Polar Bears Suspected Victims of PCB Contamination 1998
• PCBs live long, range wide Dr. David Suzuki
• Immunologic Effects of Background Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Dioxins in Dutch Preschool Children
• GEDRI Project: Interaction of PCBs and dioxins with thyroid hormone binding sites
• Bioavailability and Biostabilization of PCBs in Soil
• The Variability of PCBs in U.K. Sediments
• Organochlorine Pesticides and PCBs in Aquatic Ecosystems of the Central Columbia Plateau
• What are PCBS? - Ronald J. Scrudato, PhD. Environmental Research Center
• Biodegradation of PCBs in Soil Using Sequential Anaerobic-Aerobic Reactions

Locations

• Hudson River
• Hudson River PCBs-EPA
• The Hudson River PCB Story-Clearwater
  • PCB FAQ
  • EPA orders cleanup
  • Anatomy of a Toxic Spill
• Record of Decision
• Housatonic River
  • EPA Superfund - GE/Housatonic River Site
  • Housatonic River Initiative
  • Pictures of Housatonic River Remediation
• Fox River
  • Fox River Watch
    • History of PCBs
  • Fox River PCBs
• Rome, Georgia-Coosa River Basin Initiative
• Akwesasne
• Lake Superior Recycles Its PCBs
• Knowing the Facts About PCBs - Prince Edward Island
• Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition

Agencies

• PCB Fact Sheet - N.Y. Attorney General's Office
• US Navy PCBs Program
• A Risk Management Framework for PCB-Contaminated Sediments NRC
• Tools for Ecological Risk Assessment-EPA
• Tools for Human Health Risk Assessment (EPA)
• 1994 EPA Dioxin Reassessment - Exposure Document
• Ecological Risk Assessment-EPA Region V
• 1994 EPA Dioxin Reassessment - Health Assessment
• The PCB story unfolds 1991
• PCB'S in Natural Gas
• ATSDR ToxFaq-PCB
  • Public Health Statement
• Public Health Concerns About Environmental PCBs
  • Update
• PCB Home Page at EPA
  • PCBs and Human Health
  • PCB Species Identification
  • IRIS (EPA) PCB Info Data
• Online Safety Library (Oklahoma State Univ.) - PCBs
• Ohio State Univ. PCB Factsheet

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