Contamination of the food chain by polychlorinated biphenyls from a broken transformer.
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 73 (3) , 290-292
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.73.3.290
Abstract
In 1979, widespread distribution of chicken and egg food products and grease contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) occurred across the United States and as far away as Canada and Japan. The contamination was traced to an accidental leakage of PCBs from a transformer stored in a hog slaughtering plant in Montana. Breast milk analyses showed the PCB absorption had occurred among egg consumers. The episode illustrates the need for heightened vigilance over the fate of PCBs still in use.Keywords
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