Article: Does living near a Superfund site contribute to higher polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure?

Article: HIGH PCB EXPOSURE TIED TO DIABETES RISK
Rachel's Democracy & Health News;  September 18, 2008 ;     499 words ... ... years. And women who had been most severely affected by the PCB exposure had a more than five-times higher diabetes risk. There ... Reuters Health, Guo said that since "everyone" has detectable PCB levels in his or her body, it's possible that exposure to such ...

Article: Residents' tests show low PCB levels State study of ...
The Boston Globe;  September 26, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... researchers sought out people with the greatest potential risk of PCB exposure, so the results from the study should apply to the general ... the Housatonic River area communities in general will have PCB levels greater than those seen in this study," the researchers ...

Article: Endometriosis and PCB exposure.(WOMEN'S HEALTH)
Environmental Health Perspectives;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... reproductive age. Researchers measured blood PCB levels in women undergoing laparoscopy for suspected ... seems unable to explain the difference in PCB levels detected in the two groups of women ... Louis. Moreover, breastfeeding reduces PCB levels in women, so women without ...

Article: SOTA announces PCB levels same in farmed and wild ...
Seafood Business;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... round of testing for contaminants shows PCB levels in farmed salmon have dropped to nearly ... east and west Canada and Chile and found PCB levels of 11.5 parts per billion. By comparison ... levels were at the top end of the range of PCB levels found in the study of Alaska fish, ...

Article: FEDS HALT DREDGING AS PCB LEVELS RISE.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... public health. Dredging will resume when PCB levels recede. The decision to halt dredging ... station, about 30 miles downriver." PCB levels are about two-thirds lower at Waterford ... insistence as part of the dredging project. PCB levels at Thompson Island have been spiking ...

Article: PCB LEVELS RISE; RIVER WORK SLOWED.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  July 31, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... It will be interesting to see if the (PCB) levels in the fish start going down after this ... justified in their fears after tests showed PCB levels in the river at Fort Edward were spiking ... mile stretch south from Fort Edward. PCB levels dropped after EPA slowed the pace of ...

Article: Effects of PCB exposure on neuropsychological ...
Environmental Health Perspectives;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... negative associations between prenatal PCB exposure and measures of cognitive functioning ... negative association between postnatal PCB exposure and cognitive function in early childhood ... failed to find an association between PCB exposure and cognitive outcomes. Despite the ...