[Heathkit] PCBs

[Bry Carling AF4K]

BUT this still has nothing to do with PCB polychlorinated biphenyl...

On 10 May 2015 at 12:19, rbethman wrote:

> Suggest you take organic chemistry.
> 
> 
>   Dioxins & PCBs
> 
> Dioxins, a collective term for a group of environmental contaminants 
> that includes certain dioxin, furan, and dioxin-like PCB 
> (polychlorinated biphenyl) congeners, are found throughout the world.  
> Dioxins and furans are released into the air from combustion processes. 
> The wide use of PCBs as dielectric and coolant fluids in the past has 
> resulted in thier presence in the environment. FDA has has been 
> monitoring specific foods with the goal of identifying ways to reduce 
> dietary exposure to dioxin.
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/10/2015 12:00 PM, KA4INM wrote:
> >
> >   OK, I'll bite, what does:
> >
> > Agent Orange a 1:1 mixture of two phenoxyl herbicides - 
> > 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 
> > 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) - in iso-octyl ester form 
> > that was contaminated with a dioxin, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin 
> > (TCDD), and that the TCDD was causing many of the previously 
> > unexplained adverse health effects which were correlated with Agent 
> > Orange exposure.
> >
> > have to do with PCB polychlorinated biphenyl?
> 
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