Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Toxicity: May 14, 2014

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
• Description:
  Course: WB 2460
  
  Original Date: May 14, 2014
  
  CE Renewal Date: May 14, 2016
  
  Expiration Date: May 14, 2018
  
  • The highest human exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) occur via the consumption of contaminated fish and, in certain occupational settings, via contact with equipment or materials made before 1977.
  
  • Recent studies indicate that maternal consumption of PCB-contaminated fish can cause disturbances in reproductive parameters and neurobehavioral and developmental deficits in newborns and older children.
  
  • Evidence shows that exposures to high concentrations of PCBs cause adverse dermal effects in humans. On the basis of sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in humans and experimental animals, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified PCBs as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1).
  
  pcb.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Environmental Pollutants/toxicity Medical History Taking Polychlorinated Biphenyls/toxicity
• Series:
  Case Studies in Environmental Medicine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Teaching Materials
• Pages in Document:
  90 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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