Article: Production of PCBs banned, but we're still exposed to them

Article: Governments, business firms, donors meet in Geneva on global ...
M2 Presswire;  June 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... hundreds of thousands of tonnes of PCBs have been commercially ... close to 60,000 tonnes. Although production ... the Convention, PCBs continue to pose ... still in service. Tonnes of wastes containing or contaminated by PCBs are also being held ...

Article: EMC to treat New Zealand PCBs?:
Haznews;  October 1, 1993 ;     358 words ... ... would allow it to export polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) for disposal at the Saint -Vulbas incineration ... According to the Ministry, New Zealand's stock of PCBs does not exceed 500 tonnes, and it would therefore be unreasonable to expect ...

Article: Eco Logic destroying PCBs in Ontario.
Business Wire;  February 26, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... commenced commercial destruction of PCBs using the innovative proprietary ... environmentally responsible destruction of PCBs in Ontario and is a landmark in the reduction of PCBs in the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem." To date, 13.4 tonnes of PCB-contaminated concrete ...

Article: Olea to treat PCBs?:
Haznews;  October 1, 1994 ;     405 words ... ... contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), at its plant in Hautrage, south ... has the capacity to treat about 6,000 tonnes of such oils per year but expects the actual quantity treated to be about 1,000 tonnes. Since June 1992, some BF200 million ...

Article: France to import New Zealand PCBs:
Haznews;  April 1, 1994 ;     433 words ... ... October 1993, p. 8). It is estimated that there are about 500 tonnes of PCB wastes currently in storage in New Zealand, although ... of shipments during 1994. The plant treated about 14,000 tonnes of PCB wastes in 1993, and is operating at about 40% of its ...

Article: Atlantic Provinces to destroy PCBs:
Haznews;  July 1, 1991 ;     474 words ... ... and the four provincial ministers have agreed to establish a joint programme to destroy the stored PCB wastes. About 3,500 tonnes (40%) of the federal government's PCB waste inventory has already been incinerated at a military site in Newfoundland ...

Article: Fed: Toxic waste project moves closer
AAP General News (Australia);  January 24, 2003 ;     359 words ... ... BRISBANE, Jan 24 AAP - A plan to ship 100 tonnes of toxic waste from 10 Pacific islands to ... would coordinate the shipment of about 60 tonnes of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, six tonnes of pesticides and a quantity of organic pollutants ...