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polychlorinated biphenyl
Sign in to saveAlso known as Aroclor 1242, PCB, Chlorodiphenyl, Aroclor 1254, PCBs, polychlorinated biphenyls, Polychlorinated biphenyls (containing 60 or more percent chlorine by molecular weight)
any chemical compound from a series of congeners based on biphenyl skeleton, differing from other compounds of this group by a number and position of chlorine atoms
Research
22,956 papers- Association between polychlorinated biphenyl exposure and thyroid hormones: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of environmental science and health. Part C, Toxicology and carcinogenesis · 2022
- Perspective on prenatal polychlorinated biphenyl exposure and the development of the progeny nervous system (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2021
- Polychlorinated Biphenyl Emissions from Steelmaking Electric Arc Furnaces.Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2021
- [Polychlorinated biphenyl(PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs)].Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine · 2000
- Polychlorinated biphenyl quinone promotes macrophage polarization to CD163(+) cells through Nrf2 signaling pathway.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2020
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Encyclopedic overview
PCB warning label on a power transformer known to contain PCBs
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are organochlorine compounds with the formula C12H10−xClx. They were once widely used in a range of industrial and consumer electronic products including the manufacture of carbonless copy paper, as heat transfer fluids, and as dielectric and coolant fluids for electrical equipment. They are highly toxic and carcinogenic chemical compounds, which led to production being banned internationally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001.
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