Posts Tagged ‘PCB’
‘Body burden’ of pollutants for US women
BROWN (US) — Nearly 23 percent of women of childbearing age met or exceeded median blood levels for three environmental pollutants—lead, mercury, and PCBs. Continue…
Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:48 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2012 11:47 - 2 Comments
Toxic PCBs scramble brain connections
UC DAVIS (US) — Neuroscientists have discovered that PCBs—banned in the US in the 1970s—disrupt normal patterns of neuronal connections in the brain. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 18, 2011 10:49 - 3 Comments
PCB exposure tough on turtles
U. MISSOURI (US) — Exposure to the chemical pollutant PCB takes a toll on turtles, stunting growth and lowering bone density, according to a new study that could offer insight on how PCBs affect humans. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 14, 2010 13:24 - 1 Comment
Invasive duo threaten Great Lakes sport fish
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Two notorious Great Lakes invaders—the zebra mussel and the round goby—now play a central role in transferring toxic chemicals called PCBs up the food chain and into Saginaw Bay walleyes, one of that region’s most popular sport fish. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 13, 2010 17:38 - 0 Comments
Stirring up question of PCBs
U. IOWA—The Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal is contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and scientists are unsure whether planned dredging in the next few years will help or hurt the situation. (more…)
