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PCBs in Soil around Buildings from Pesticide Applications
Before beginning this post we at OTO want to express our deepest sympathies to the individuals and families who experienced losses in the wake of the horrible Boston Marathon bombing. We also want to extend our gratitude to the medical … Continue reading
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EPA Issues Major Reinterpretation on Excluded PCB Products
In a regulatory reinterpretation with potentially far reaching implications, the USEPA has clarified the meaning of the term Excluded PCB Products as used in the PCB regulations and signaled its intention to deemphasize the regulation of low concentration PCBs in … Continue reading
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Removing PCBs from Schools – What are the Potential Costs?
When the USEPA proposes new regulations, one of the questions the public usually asks is: “how much will it cost to implement the new requirements?” To answer that question, EPA typically includes a “cost-benefit analysis” that allows the public to … Continue reading
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Differences between the PCB Aroclors
From a professional perspective, PCBs entered my life in 1978 while I was post-grad research associate at the U of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture. The mission of our lab was to develop data in support of EPA pesticide registrations … Continue reading
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Tagged analytical method, Aroclors, Congeners, Hawaii, Homologs, PCBs
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Why Removing PCBs from Schools Doesn’t Work and Why that’s Okay
If you are reading this post you may already know more about PCBs in schools than you ever expected to. Maybe you had never heard of PCBs until someone tested for them in one of your town’s schools and now … Continue reading
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Dioxin-like PCBs, Werewolves and other Fairytales
What are Dioxin-like PCBs? There is a popular theory among some PCB researchers that within the group of 209 different PCB molecules (often referred to as congeners) there are certain ones that are particularly toxic because of their chemical similarity … Continue reading
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PCBs or Lead: Which is Worse to Have in Schools?
Understanding “relative risk” is not a concept that comes easily to people. Most of us try to avoid behaviors that expose us to risk, but trying to determine which behaviors are truly risky is not an innate skill. One of … Continue reading
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Warning: Many Childbearing Age Women Have PCBs Above Median
An undeniable fact was recently made public by researchers at Brown University concerning lead, mercury and PCBs in women of childbearing age: more than half of them have greater than the median level of at least one of these contaminants … Continue reading
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PCBs in Buildings: EPA Tries Ramping Up the Fear Factor
In a recent on-line publication titled “EPA Fact Sheet: PCBs in Caulk” EPA tries to increase public fear about PCBs in buildings. Here is the second line from the “Fact Sheet”: “PCBs can affect the immune system, reproductive system, nervous … Continue reading
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PCB in Schools: A Big Mess in Southington CT
Yesterday I read this article in near disbelief: http://southington.patch.com/articles/pcb-cleanup-at-middle-schools-will-cost-6-14-million-beyond-expected If there was ever a case that illustrates the importance of picking good technical consultants, this is it! Share this:EmailPrintDiggFacebookRedditStumbleUpon
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