Sentence examples for * pcb contaminated from inspiring English sources

Fein et al. and Patandin et al. have demonstrated a dose-effect relationship for birth weight with consumption of PCB contaminated fish and with PCB concentrations in cord serum, respectively [ 13, 14].

We suppose that chronic consumption of PCB contaminated fish and the long half-lives of PCBs are likely to explain the stability of the serum concentrations.

In contrast, severe thyroid hormone disruption and impacts on cognitive function were seen after consumption of highly PCB contaminated rice-oil [ 73], potentially containing traces of furanes and unidentified contaminants as well as PCB.

Excavation removed 96% of the PCB contaminated soil on site.

Such data may compliment the interpretation of data yielded from applied field studies conducted in PCB contaminated aquatic ecosystems.

Remediation through excavation of the PCB contaminated soil at Resolution Island began in 1999 and at its completion in 2006 approximately 5 tonnes of pure PCBs in approximately 20,000 m3 of soil were remediated.

Recent study results underscore the importance of cleaning up the Upper Hudson PCB-contaminated floodplains, forgotten Upper Hudson Valley PCB dumpsites and G.E.'s plants, as well as other PCB contamination along the Hudson.

Use of PCB-contaminated caulk in commercial buildings and schools, which appears to be common in pre-1980 construction [ 18, 19], has been shown to increase blood PCB concentrations, especially for lower-chlorinated congeners [ 20, 21].

In a cohort of infants exposed in utero to maternal consumption of PCB-contaminated fish, cord blood PCB concentrations were associated with poorer visual recognition memory on the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence (FTII) at 7 months postpartum (Jacobson et al. 1985).

Environmental agency employees say that the 500 or so most severely PCB-contaminated sites, like land along the Hudson River that was contaminated by the General Electric Company, fall under the federal Superfund law and will not be affected by the change in agency policy.

In a recent prospective birth cohort study conducted near a PCB-contaminated harbor in New Bedford, Massachussets, higher PCB and OC levels in umbilical cord predicted attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD like behaviors reported by classroom teachers (Sagiv et al. 2010).