Development of a synthetic PCB mixture resembling the average polychlorinated biphenyl profile in Chicago air.

ABSTRACT: Studies of environmental and toxic effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ideally performed with PCB mixtures reflecting the composition of environmental PCB profiles to mimic actual effects and to account for complex interactions among individual PCB congeners. Unfortunately, only a few laboratory studies employing synthetic PCB mixtures have been reported, in part because of the challenges associated with the preparation of complex PCB mixtures containing many individual PCB congeners. The objective of this study was to develop a PCB mixture that resembles the average PCB profile recorded from 1996 to 2002 at a satellite station of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network located at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago, Illinois, using commercial PCB mixtur

SUBMITTER: Zhao HX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2888912 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature