Environmental contamination and human exposure of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in China: A review

M Zhu, Y Yuan, H Yin, Z Guo, X Wei, X Qi, H Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), together with 11 other organic compounds, were initially
listed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) by the Stockholm Convention because of their …

Persistent problem: global challenges to managing PCBs

L Melymuk, J Blumenthal, O Sáňka… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),“famous” as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), have
been managed nationally since the 1970s and globally under the Stockholm Convention on …

Polychlorinated biphenyls in food

P Saktrakulkla, T Lan, J Hua, RF Marek… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
We measured the concentrations of 205 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in 26
food items: beef steak, butter, canned tuna, catfish, cheese, eggs, french fries, fried chicken …

Potential sources of unintentionally produced PCB, HCB, and PeCBz in China: A preliminary overview

X Liu, H Fiedler, W Gong, B Wang, G Yu - Frontiers of Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), China is
required not only to reduce polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated …

Unbiased passive sampling of all polychlorinated biphenyls congeners from air

Y Li, F Zhan, C Shunthirasingham, YD Lei… - … & Technology Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The desire to quantify the presence of a wide range of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in
air is driven both by an interest in the sources and fate of unintentionally produced …

Potential toxic components in size-resolved particles and gas from residential combustion: Emission factor and health risk

X Liu, Q Xue, Y Tian, B Jia, R Chen, R Huo… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Particulate matter (PM) from residential combustion is an existential threat to human health.
Emission factors (EFs) of multiple potential toxic components (PTCs) in size-resolved PM …

PCB emissions from paint colorants

JC Jahnke, KC Hornbuckle - Environmental science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are known human carcinogens that are byproducts of
pigment manufacturing and found in colorants used to tint consumer paints sold in the …

Distribution, sources, and ecological risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the estuary of Dagu River, China

H Wu, Q Li, Y Wang, S Hu - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Four different types of 0–30 cm soil/sediment samples were collected from aquaculture land,
farmland, industrial land and river bottom sediment in the estuary area of Dagu River, and …

[HTML][HTML] Comparisons of analytical chemistry and biological activities of extracts from North Pacific gyre plastics with UV-treated and untreated plastics using in vitro …

S Coffin, S Dudley, A Taylor, D Wolf, J Wang… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Plastic debris is an emerging worldwide threat to marine biota. Marine species may face
unique challenges in low-flow estuarine systems with a high abundance of “macro-sized”(> …

Room-to-room variability of airborne polychlorinated biphenyls in schools and the application of air sampling for targeted source evaluation

MK Bannavti, JC Jahnke, RF Marek… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Airborne polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations are higher indoors than outdoors
due to their historical use in building materials and their presence in modern paints and …