Recent PCB accidents in Finland.
Twenty-eight polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) accidents were recorded during a 1-year period in Finland. They comprised leaks, fires or explosions of capacitors. Some of the explosions and fires gave rise to high concentrations of PCBs in air and of PCBs and tetrachlorodibenzofurans (TCDFs), including 2,3,7,8-TCDF, on surfaces. One large explosion is described in detail, and biomedical data and findings of this case are compared with those of smaller accidents in Finland.
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000187:drug effects; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004560:Electricity; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity / Q000187:drug effects; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000187:drug effects; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood
D000393:Air Pollutants; D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase