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Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Attention Deficits

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 1996
The effects of in utero exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on cognitive function in 212 children at 11 years of age were tested at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
J Gordon Millichap
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Polychlorinated biphenyls in air and water of the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Air and seawater samples were collected on board the R/V Polarstern during a scientific expedition from Germany to the Arctic Ocean during June–August 2004.
Gioia, Rosalinda   +7 more
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Dechlorination of selected polychlorinated biphenyl congeners using metal-impregnated pulverized shrimp shell catalyst from waste [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 2023
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Polychlorinated biphenyls are pervasive contaminants that are receiving attention worldwide. Due to their well-known propensity to have harmful impacts on both humans and the environment, polychlorinated biphenyls have been ...
D.B. Aviantara   +4 more
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Food [PDF]

open access: yesEnvironmental Science & Technology, 2020
We measured the concentrations of 205 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in 26 food items: beef steak, butter, canned tuna, catfish, cheese, eggs, french fries, fried chicken, ground beef, ground pork, hamburger, hot dog, ice cream, liver, luncheon meat, margarine, meat-free dinner, milk, pizza, poultry, salmon, sausage, shrimp, sliced ham ...
Panithi Saktrakulkla   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Quantifying the importance of the atmospheric sink for polychlorinated dioxins and furans relative to other global loss processes. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Previous attempts to establish global mass balances for polychlorinated dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) have focused on the terrestrial sink, thereby neglecting deposition to the oceans and atmospheric losses.
Jones, Kevin C.   +4 more
core   +5 more sources

Antibiotic resistance patterns in soils across the Scottish landscape

open access: yesCommunications Earth & Environment, 2023
The environment disseminates antimicrobial-resistance genes; however, it remains challenging to distinguish whether human activities exacerbate antimicrobial resistance or what is natural.
Eulyn Pagaling   +11 more
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Polychlorinated biphenyls: Hazardous properties and environmentally sound management in Ukraine

open access: yesRegulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 2020
Polychlorinated biphenyls are one of the most dangerous compounds for human health and the environment and are included to Annex C of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
N. O. Ryzhenko   +3 more
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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in bivalve molluscs. Risk to Polish consumers?

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Research, 2023
Concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) were investigated in six species of bivalve mollusc purchased on the Polish retail market.
Mikołajczyk Szczepan   +2 more
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Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in blood of the Spanish population: Temporal trend [PDF]

open access: yesArhiv za farmaciju, 2021
The present article reviews the human biomonitoring studies conducted in Spain to assess exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated ...
González Neus, Domingo José L.
doaj   +1 more source

Levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in foods from the first regional Sub-Saharan Africa Total Diet Study

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2020
For the first time, a multi-centre Total Diet Study was carried out in Benin, Cameroon, Mali and Nigeria. We collected and prepared as consumed 528 typical fatty foods from those areas and pooled these subsamples into 44 composites samples.
Vincent Vaccher   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

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