Background Recent research suggests that diabetes, a condition whose incidence is
increasing, is associated with exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated …

Background: Exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is known to increase risk of
diabetes. Objective: To determine which POPs are most associated with prevalence of …

Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) manufactured in Anniston, Alabama, from
1929 to 1971 caused significant environmental contamination. The Anniston population …

OBJECTIVE—Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans
(PCDFs) are important and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in humans. Recent cross …

Diabetes and hypertension are important contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Both of these conditions are caused by some combination of genetic and environmental …

Background: Prior studies have reported an increased risk of diabetes related to
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure. No study has yet investigated whether …

OBJECTIVE The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing alarmingly in both developed
and developing countries. Recently, exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has …

Abstract The Anniston Community Health Survey, a cross-sectional study, was undertaken in
2005–2007 to study environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and …

Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds measurements were added to polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides to expand the exposure profile in a follow-up to the …

Recent studies have demonstrated ubiquitous exposure to persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) such as p, p′-diphenyldichloroethene (DDE), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) …