Toxicological profile for selected PCBs (aroclor-1260, -1254, -1248, -1242, -1232, -1221, and -1016)
By: prepared by Syracuse Research Corporation, in collaboration with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Toxicity; Adverse effects; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Toxicology; Physiological effect; Environmental aspects; Environmental Pollutants
Notes: Prepared under contract no.68-C8-0004 for Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), U.S. Public Health Service.

"June 1989."

"ATSDR/TP-88/21."

Bibliography: p. 103-130.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: List of figures; title: List of tables; title: Public health statement ; What are PCBs? ; How might I be exposed to PCBs? ; How do PCBs get into my body? ; How do PCBs affect my health? ; Is there a medical test to determine if I have been exposed to PCBs? ; What levels of exposure have resulted in harmful health effects? ; What recommendations has the federal government made to protect human health?; title: Health effects summary ; Introduction ; Levels of significant exposure ; Key studies and graphical presentations ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; Biological monitoring as a measure of exposure and effects ; exposure ; effects ; Environmental levels as indicators of exposure and effects ; levels found in the environment ; human exposure potential ; Adequacy of database ; Introduction ; Health effect end points ; introduction and graphic summary ; descriptions of highlights of graphs ; summary of relevant ongoing research ; Other information needed for human health assessment ; pharmocokinetics and mechanisms of action ; monitoring of human biological samples ; environmental considerations; title: Chemical and physical information ; Chemical identity ; Physical and chemical properties; title: Toxicological data ; Overview ; Toxicokinetics ; absorption ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; distribution ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; metabolism ; human ; animal ; excretion ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; parental routes ; Toxicity ; lethality and decreased longevity ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; systemic/target organ toxicity ; liver ; cutaneous tissues ; immunological effects ; thyroid ; stomach ; porphyria ; kidney ; developmental toxicity ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; general discussion ; reproductive toxicity ; genotoxicity ; human ; animal ; carcinogenicity ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; general discussion ; Interactions with other chemicals; title: Manufacture, import, use, and disposal ; Overview ; Production ; Import ; Uses ; Disposal; title: Environmental fate ; Overview ; Releases to the environment ; Environmental fate ; transport and partitioning ; transformation and degradation; title: Potential for human exposure ; Overview ; Levels monitored or estimated in the environment ; air ; water ; soil ; other ; foodstuffs ; fish and precipitation ; Occupational exposures ; Populations at high risk; title: Analytical methods ; Environmental media ; Biomedical samples; title: Regulatory and advisory status ; International ; National ; regulations ; air ; food ; water; advisory guidance ; air ; water ; soil ; others ; data analysis ; State; title: References; title: Glossary; title: Appendix ; Peer review.