Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination of subsistence species on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Archipelago

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of synthetic, lipophilic organochlorines that were banned due to their impacts on human and wildlife health and environmental persistence. Although banned, the continued release from pre-banned products allows them to persist at toxic levels in the enviro...

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Main Authors: Elise M. Adams, Frank A. von Hippel, Bruce A. Hungate, C. Loren Buck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019366484