Contamination of the food chain by polychlorinated biphenyls from a broken transformer. | Zendy

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Contamination of the food chain by polychlorinated biphenyls from a broken transformer.

Author(s) -

D P Drotman,

Peter J. Baxter,

John Liddle,

Charles D. Brokopp,

M D Skinner

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.73.3.290

Subject(s) - polychlorinated biphenyl , contamination , food chain , breast milk , environmental science , environmental health , food contaminant , grease , toxicology , environmental chemistry , waste management , medicine , biology , food science , chemistry , engineering , ecology , biochemistry

In 1979, widespread distribution of chicken and egg food products and grease contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) occurred across the United States and as far away as Canada and Japan. The contamination was traced to an accidental leakage of PCBs from a transformer stored in a hog slaughtering plant in Montana. Breast milk analyses showed the PCB absorption had occurred among egg consumers. The episode illustrates the need for heightened vigilance over the fate of PCBs still in use.

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