Polychlorinated Biphenyl
Can polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) signatures and enantiomer fractions be used for source identification and to age date occupational exposure?
... Detailed polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) signatures and chiral Enantiomer Fractions (EFs) of CB-95, CB-136 and CB-149 were measured for 30 workers at a transformer dismantling ...
27
Mercury and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Bioaccumulation Dynamics in Fish
... concentrations in two species of Asian Carp. 2) Models that apply tissue specific growth rate as opposed to consideration of only.. whole body growth rate provide a stronger explanation [r] ...
181
Polychlorinated biphenyl serum levels in subjects with hepatocellular carcinoma as compared with the general population
... Both HCC patients and healthy people living in the area showed high PCB serum levels compared to those found in other Western countries, confirming that people living in this area had undergone significant PCB exposure, ...
7
The bioenergetics of polychlorinated biphenyl accumulation in freshwater fish.
... Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission... Therefore, temperature and body size related changes in PCB elimination k[r] ...
206
Preparation and characterization of titania based trimetallic metal oxide photocatalysts for photodegradation of 1,2-dichlorobenzene and polychlorinated biphenyl compounds in aqueous phase
... Over the past decades, mankind has observed an unprecedented and remarkable growth in industry, resulting in generation of organic toxic wastes. Toxic waste has been relentlessly released into air and water leading to ...
78
Polychlorinated biphenyl exposure, diabetes and endogenous hormones: a cross-sectional study in men previously employed at a capacitor manufacturing plant
... PCB exposure was also positively related to diabetes independent of potential confounders and measured hormones and diabetes was significantly and inversely associated with levels of tri[r] ...
11
Determining the level of PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) in the milk of nursing mothers and its relationship with the mother's diet
... Regarding fish consumption in the present study, there was a significant correlation between the average daily intake of PCB153 in infants and the number of meals containing fish mothers[r] ...
5
Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyl/Dioxin Exposure and Feeding Type on Infants' Mental and Psychomotor Development
... Postnatal PCB and dioxin exposure of breast- fed infants was calculated from levels in human milk samples and the duration of breastfeeding.. Infants were examined at 3, 7, and 18 months[r] ...
9
A cohort study of in utero polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposures in relation to secondary sex ratio
... In log-binomial regression models for specific PCB congeners, the predicted relative risk of a male birth decreased with higher maternal PCB concentration in each and every congener meas[r] ...
8
Isolation and characterisation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) degrading fungi from a historically contaminated soil
... of biphenyl molecule; this finding, which is consistent with other evidences reported in the literature [25], indi- cates that the process is controlled by specific physical- chemical features of the molecule, ...
14
Prenatal polychlorinated biphenyl exposure is associated with decreased gestational length but not birth weight: archived samples from the Child Health and Development Studies pregnancy cohort
... Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), known endocrine disruptors, were banned in 1979 but persist in the environment. Previous studies are inconsistent regarding prenatal exposure to PCBs and pregnancy ...
13
A cohort study of the association between secondary sex ratio and parental exposure to polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)
... PBBs belong to a class of structurally similar chemicals known as polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, which includes other potential endocrine disruptors such as dioxins, furans, and polychlorinated biphenyls ...
12
Original Article Decrease in prosaposin in spermatozoon is associated with polychlorinated biphenyl exposure
... Abstract: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of ubiquitous persistent organic pollutants and they have been associated with declining male fertility. In the present study, we aimed to determine the ...
13
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Residues in Tropical Soils
... Weak and insignificant correlation was between organic carbon and the PCBs. Similar observation has been reported [47]. The weak and statistically insignificant correlation observed between the PCBs and the soil or- ...
14
The Influence of Temperature and Chemical Hydrophobicity on Steady and Non-Steady State Polychlorinated Biphenyl Bioaccumulation in Temperate Fish
... predator tissues) by passive uptake and elimination mechanisms, resulting in higher trophic states having higher fugacities than lower trophic states. This thermodynamic problem was resolved by the development of the ...
81
Mass Spectrometric Methods for the Determination of PCB Congeners for Environmental Risk Assessment.
... CHAPTER 3. Assessment of Alternatives to High Resolution Mass Selective Detection for Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congener Analysis in Fish and Passive Sampling Devices Figure 1. Location of passive sampling ...
194
Prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals in relation to thyroid hormone levels in infants – a Dutch prospective cohort study
... (DDE), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-153, and hexachlorobenzene (HCB), of which health effects have been studied frequently, as well as some relatively ‘new’ compounds: metabolites of di(2-ethylhexyl) ...
10
Microbial catabolic pathways for complex aromatics
... The first detailed characterization of a bacterial lignin degrading enzyme involved Rhodococcus jostii RHA1, a gram positive bacterium isolated from polychlorinated biphenyl contaminated[r] ...
185
Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Whole Body Field Mice Collected Upgradient and Downgradient of a Sediment Retention Structure in Los Alamos Canyon, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA
... Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) congeners were measured in (unwashed) whole-body field (deer) mice (Pero- myscus maniculaltus) collected directly upgradient from a sediment retention structure (weir) within ...
10
GREEN MARKETING IN INDIA: AN OVERVIEW
... Cost of Profit Issues -Firms may also use green marketing in an attempt to address cost or profit related issues. Disposing of environmentally harmful by- products, such as polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) ...
7