Judgement & Settlement for individuals receiving property damage and personal injuries from
exposure to the chemical PCB.
$ 700 million dollar settlement and Judgement for individuals receiving property damage and personal injuries from
exposure to the chemical PCB when the chemical (more...)
Not exact matches
Davis can't say why the shift is occurring, but she suspects the cause is
exposure to estrogen - mimicking
chemicals in the environment: so - called metalloestrogens like arsenic and mercury, as well as pesticides, solvents, plastics, including phthalates (see story # 42, page 46), and
PCBs.
The goal of the study was
to assess the
exposure to — and likely effects of — specific
chemical pollutants including
PCBs in European whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans).
It is best
to avoid these
chemicals completely, but most
PCBs are found in the skin, so if farmed raised fish is the only option available, it is possible
to reduce
exposure by removing the skin and by avoiding fried fish.
«My instinct is that it only makes sense
to prevent children's
exposure to chemicals known
to affect the nervous system, and those include pesticides, solvents, many volatile organic compounds, metals,
PCBs, and thousands of other poorly tested synthetic
chemicals now in commerce.
Exposure to flame retardant
chemicals (PBDEs and
PCBs) has been linked
to feline hyperthyroidism