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Toxicological profile for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

The principal sources of the pollution of the environment by polychlorobiphenyls are indicated and their ecological danger is estimated; the output in the manufacture and applications of polychlorobiphenyls are quoted. The known methods for the neutralisation of polychlorobiphenyls are examined. The methods considered are analysed and their practical significance for industry is estimated. The bibliography includes 277 references.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1070/RC1998v067n08ABEH000412/pdf

Polychlorobiphenyls: problems of the pollution of the environment and technological neutralisation methods

Technical/economic assessment of selected PCB decontamination processes

Technical Developments in Hydrometallurgy

Liste des procedes autorises par l'EPA dans des regions specifiques. Reglementation courante de l'EPA concernant l'elimination de materiaux contamines par les PCB

L. Kokoszka

Papers

A guide to EPA-approved PCB disposal methods