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Studies and Research Papers on PCBs in Caulk and Other Materials

 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Webinar April 2014

 

American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) White Paper on PCB in Building Construction Material
 

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Joint Sealants: An Overlooked Diffuse Source of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Buildings

Harvard Study 2004 An Unrecognized Source of PCB Contamination in Schools and Other Buildings

PCBs in Caulk (Presentation)

 

 

What You Need To Know About Managing PCBs in Building Materials- An Emerging Environemental Issue

PCBs in Common Building Materials

PCBs In Caulk - Myth or Reality

PCB in Concrete Structures 

Highly PCB-contaminated schools due to PCB-containing roughcast

Estimation of PCB Stocks, Emissions, and Urban Fate: Will our Policies Reduce Concentrations and Exposure?

Denver Water Supply Contaminated due to PCB in Caulk?

Detection of indoor PCB contamination by thermal desorption of dust. A rapid screening method?

Characterizeration of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Building Materials and Exposures in the Indoor Environment

Toxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)--indoor air pollution by PCB-containing durable elastic sealants

Coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in indoor air

Detection of indoor PCB contamination by thermal desorption of dust. A rapid screening method?

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in caulking compounds of buildings--assessment of current status in Berlin and new indoor air sources

 

The Evaluation of Extraction and Clean up Methods for the Determination of PCB Aroclors in Caulking and Sealing Material

 

Washington State Department of Healh - PCB Chemical Action Plan - 2015 

White Paper on PCBs in the Built Environment -  AIHA® Indoor Environmental Quality Committee 

Human Exposure from PCB Contaminated Materials

Review of PCBs in US schools: a brief history, an estimate of the number of impacted schools, and an approach for evaluating indoor air samples

Health Risks of PCB in the Indoor Climate in Denmark - background for setting recommended action levels

Serum PCB levels and congener profiles among teachers in PCB-containing schools: a pilot study 

PCB-blood levels in teachers, working in PCB-contaminated schools. 

Human biomonitoring of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofuranes in teachers working in a PCB-contaminated school.

PCB in Building Sealant is Influencing PCB Levels in Blood of Residents

Serum PCB levels and congener profiles among US construction workers

Estimating Dermal Transfer of PCB-Contaminated Porous Surfaces

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), thyroid hormones and cytokines in construction workers removing old elastic sealants

PCB, thyroid hormones and cytokines in construction workers removing elastic sealants

Identification of markers for PCB exposure in plasma from Swedish construction workers removing old elastic sealants

Worker Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Elastic Polysulphide Sealant Renovation

PCB contamination from Polysulphide Sealants in Residential Areas- Exposure and Risk Assessment

Persistent Organic Pollutants Presentation - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in joint sealants and indoor air

Children at greater risk from PCBs in schools than in homes in urban North America

Evaluating Health Risks from Inhaled loychlorinated BiPhenyls: Research Needs for Addressing Uncertainty

Plasma polychlorinated biphenyls in residents of 91 PCB-contaminated and 108 non-contaminated dwellings—An exposure study

Evidence for increased internal exposure to lower chlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in pupils attending a contaminated school.

Polychlorinated Biphenyls Disturb Differentiation of Normal Human Neural Progenitor Cells: Clue for Involvement of Thyroid Hormone Receptors

Management of indoor air pollution by polychlorinated biphenyl compounds exemplified by two Hagen schools

Human biomonitoring of polychlorinated biphenyls in 130 exposed elementary school children

Human biomonitoring of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofuranes in teachers working in a PCB-contaminated school

Intellectual Impairment in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Utero

Reassessment of the carcinogenicity of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Toxicity equivalency factors for PCBs?

Comparison of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Levels across Studies of Human Neurodevelopment. (Research)

Neuropsychological effects of chronic low-dose exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): A cross-sectional study 

Aroclor 1242 Inhalation and Ingestion By Sprague-Dawley Rats 

PCBs and cognitive functioning of Mohawk adolescents

Disrupting effects of hydroxy-polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners on neuronal development of cerebellar Purkinje cells: a possible causal factor for developmental brain disorders?

Polychlorinated biphenyl-induced reduction of dopamine transporter expression as a precursor to Parkinson's disease-associated dopamine toxicity.

Polychlorinated biphenyls induce proinflammatory cytokine release and dopaminergic dysfunction: Protection in interleukin-6 knockout mice 

Associations Between Prenatal Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Neonatal Thyroid- Stimulating Hormone Levels in a Mexican-American Population, Salinsa Valley, California ..

PCB and dioxin-like PCB in indoor air of public buildings contaminated with different PCB sources--deriving toxicity equivalent concentrations from standard PCB congeners 

A cohort study of in utero polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposures in relation to secondary sex ratio

Developmental Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls Interferes with Experience-Dependent Dendritic Plasticity and Ryanodine Receptor Expression in Weanling Rats

Diminished Protection?: Early Childhood PCB Exposure and Reduced Immune Response to Vaccinations

PCB-blood levels in teachers working in PCB-contaminated schools.

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