Open AccessPolychlorinated Biphenyls: Their Effects on Penned Pheasants
Author(s) -
Robert B. Dahlgren,
Raymond L. Linder,
C. W. Carlson
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.720189
Subject(s) - library science , license , download , psychology , world wide web , computer science , political science , law
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been useful industrial products since the beginning of their commercial production in 1929. The first report of PCBs occurrence in wildlife was made from the work of S6ren Jensen, a Swedish Chemist, in the New Scientist in 1966 (1). Since then PCBs have been reported to be widespread in the world's ecosystem, building up in food chains as has been reported for organochlorine insecticides. The chemical structure of PCBs and their action
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