Efficacy of a school-based intervention to bring awareness about PCB contamination and exposure avoidance in Guanica, Puerto Rico.

ABSTRACT: Production of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) was banned in the US in 1970s. However, susceptible populations especially those living at/around the contaminated sites continue to be at a risk of elevated exposure to PCBs because information about the contamination (of the environment) and its associated health risks may not reach these populations. A recent study found the second highest concentration of PCBs ever recorded worldwide in the sediment samples of Guánica Bay, located in the southwestern part of Puerto Rico. PCB levels in fish from the bay were also higher than the tolerance limit of Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which motivated this research to initiate a school-based campaign to bring community awareness about the contamination of the bay and engage students in preventi

SUBMITTER: Ramirez-Ortiz D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7893576 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature