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Polychlorinated biphenyls in human adipose tissue

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Among the chlorinated hydrocarbon synthetic pollutants in the environment, polychlorinated biphenyls represent a class of compounds possessing mammalian toxicity and recently found to be present as residues in the tissues of various wildlife species, although they are not in use as biocidal compounds. Two human adipose tissue samples examined by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry were shown to contain substantial quantities of polychlorinated biphenyls ranging from pentachlorobiphenyl to decachlorobiphenyl and including at least fourteen isomers and chlorine homologs. Although the origin of the PCB compounds found in the adipose tissue is ununknown, the data are presented as a description of the gas chromatographic-mass spectrophotometric behavior of PCB and of the analytical methodology applicable to the analysis of these compounds in human tissues by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

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  1. Division of Pesticides, Food and Drug Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Perrine Primate Research Branch, Perrine, Florida

    Francis J. Biros, Annita C. Walker & Angela Medbery

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Biros, F.J., Walker, A.C. & Medbery, A. Polychlorinated biphenyls in human adipose tissue. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 5, 317–323 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01539944

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