Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Veteriner Dergisi |
2008, Cilt 22, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 033-040 |
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Effects of PCB on Health |
Ayşe SEYRAN, Mine ERİŞİR |
Fırat Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi, Biyokimya Anabilim Dalı, Elazığ, TÜRKİYE |
Keywords: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Aroclor, Metabolism of PCBs, Effect of PCB on health |
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were produced for industrial purposes and banned in several countries in the world when they were determined to be persistent pollutants in the environment. Many PCB-containing industrial products and equipments (industrial fluids, flame-retardants, diluents and fluids for capacitors, transformers, hydraulic pump, pesticide, dielectric fluids..) are still in use and thus pose a threat to the environment and human health. They tend to bio-accumulate both in the environment and living organisms due to their lipophilic features and chemical stability. It is known that PCBs have various negative effects such as toxic, carcinogenic, immunosuppression, teratogenic and endocrine disruption.
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