Polychlorinated biphenyls: Environmental occurrence and analysis
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:7153200
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are complex mixtures which have been identified in every component of the global ecosystem. The chapter discusses the distribution of PCBs in the environment and points out recent analytical advances which now permit high resolution congener-specific analysis of PCBs in diverse analytes using high resolution capillary gas chromatographic techniques. The biologic and toxic effects of PCBs are structure-dependent and the adverse environmental and human health impacts of the different mixtures of PCBs are related to the individual components of these mixtures and their interactions. The chapter points out that high resolution PCB analysis will now permit the unequivocal identification and quantitation of the individual PCBs in environmental samples and the data can be used for more accurate risk assessment.
- Research Organization:
- Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (USA). Dept. of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology
- OSTI ID:
- 7153200
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-142910/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
DISPERSIONS
DISTRIBUTION
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FOOD CHAINS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GLOBAL ASPECTS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
MASS TRANSFER
MIXTURES
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
TOXICITY
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
DISPERSIONS
DISTRIBUTION
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FOOD CHAINS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GLOBAL ASPECTS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
MASS TRANSFER
MIXTURES
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
TOXICITY