Polychlorinated biphenyl
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polychlorinated-biphenyl-225-2749016
title:
Polychlorinated biphenyl
text:
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are highly toxic and carcinogenic chemical compounds, formerly used in industrial and consumer electronic products, whose production was banned in the United States by the Toxic Substances Control Act in 1976 and internationally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001. PCBs are organochlorine compounds with the formula C12H10−xClx; they were once widely used in the manufacture of carbonless copy paper, as heat transfer fluids, and as
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Highly carcinogenic chemical compounds
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychlorinated_biphenyl
date created:
2002-04-08T05:29:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T17:42:11Z
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