PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls

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1. What are PCBs?

• 1.1 How have PCBs been used and how do they enter the environment?
• 1.2 What are properties of PCBs?

The Level 3 "Source" text of this Digest is:

IPCS - WHO Polychlorinated biphenyls : Human health aspects. Concise international chemical assessment document 55 (2003)

It can be viewed at:

www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad55.htm

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1.1 How have PCBs been used and how do they enter the environment?

For more information on this question, see:

Section 1 Executive summary  and
Section 4, Sources of human and environmental exposure  of the
IPCS - WHO Polychlorinated biphenyls : Human health aspects. Concise international chemical assessment document 55 (2003)

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1.2 What are properties of PCBs?

For more information on this question, see:

Section 2, Identity and physical/chemical properties  and
Section 3, Analytical methods  of the
IPCS - WHO Polychlorinated biphenyls : Human health aspects. Concise international chemical assessment document 55 (2003)