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. 2018 Nov;133(6):721-725.
doi: 10.1177/0033354918801578. Epub 2018 Sep 28.

From Industrial Toxins to Worldwide Pollutants: A Brief History of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Gerald Markowitz  1
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From Industrial Toxins to Worldwide Pollutants: A Brief History of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Gerald Markowitz. Public Health Rep. 2018 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: PCBs; environment; history; pollution.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The author has served as plaintiffs' expert witness in lawsuits alleging harm from exposure to PCBs.

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