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PCB's in Blood

 

Age-Specific Reference Ranges for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) Based on the NHANES 2009

 

NHANES Updates

Analysis of NHANES measured blood PCBs in the general US population and application of SHEDS model to identify key exposure factors

Serum PCB levels and congener profiles among teachers in PCB-containing schools: a pilot study

Plasma polychlorinated biphenyls in residents of 91 PCB-contaminated and 108 non-contaminated dwellings—An exposure study

 

Serum PCB levels and congener profiles among US construction workers

National Biomonitoring Program - CDC

A Comparison of Serum PCDD, PCDF, and PCB Levels from a community in Michigan, USA with the United States populaton.

PCB-blood levels in teachers, working in PCB-contaminated schools.

Estimating the half-lives of PCB congeners in former capacitor workers measured over a 28-year interval

Revised and new reference values for some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in blood for human biomonitoring in environmental medicine

If you decide to have blood tested, remember the following:
 

  1. PCB blood analysis is expensive and should only be performed by labs that have experience testing for PCBs.
     

  2. Blood analysis should test for full range of congeners.
     

  3. It is not recommended to have blood tested labs such as Metpath or Quest since they do not test the full
    range of PCB congeners.

Contact information for PCB Blood and Serum Analysis 


Dr. David Carpenter
Institute for Health & the Environment University at Albany, SUNY
5 University Place, A217
Rensselaer NY 12144
Tel: (518) 525-2660
Fax: (518) 525-2665
Email: Carpent@uamail.albany.edu 

Photo from SUNY Albany Website

YouTube Video of PCB Analysis by David Carpenter 

AXYS Analytical Services 
1 888 373 0881
Tel +1 (250) 655-5800
Fax +1 (250) 655-5811askaxys@axysanalytical.com
AXYS Analytical Services Ltd
.2045 Mills Road W.
Sidney BC Canada
V8L 5X2 

 

Dr. Bob Herrick 
Harvard School of Public Health 
Phone: 617- 384-8803
Fax: 617-384-8859
Email: herrick@hohp.harvard.edu

 

Photo from Harvard's website.

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