Soil Contamination from PCB-Containing Buildings
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Soil Contamination from PCB-Containing Buildings
BACKGROUND Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in construction materials, such as caulking used around windows and expansion joints, may constitute a source of PCB contamination in the building interiors and in surrounding soil. Several studies of soil contamination have been conducted around buildings where the caulking has been removed by grinding or scraping. The PCBs in soil may have been gene...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9646