Polychlorinated biphenyl

communities up until 1971. In 1971, the nation banned the use of Polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs) in the paper mill industry. Polychlorinated biphenyls are “complex mixtures of persistent contaminants that are ubiquitous in the environment. They have been in widespread use, since the 1930s, as dielectric fluids in transformers and capacitors and in a variety of other applications. Most, but not all, industrialised countries have now banned or severely restricted their production,” in Nuria Ribas-Fito article called “Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and neurological development in children: a systematic review”. This article explains that PCBs are a form of carcinogens, which means they are made up of chemicals that are cancerous to the human body. The Polychlorinated biphenyls have gathered over the years to have approximately 91 percent of Polychlorinated biphenyls in the Fox River have collected around the Green Bay Area according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources article called “PCB History - Fox River - Wisconsin DNR”. This justifies why during my childhood we were not allowed to swim in the Fox River. As well as, a study done at Saint Norbert College in De Pere by Tyler Platz, that had shown that Brown County and Winnebago County have the highest rate of cancer than any other county in Wisconsin. Which they link to the polychlorinated biphenyls in the Fox River. These Polychlorinated biphenyls are able to stay in the sediments and fish in the rivers for…

In my expert reports for the Fox and Kalamazoo matters, submitted in 2009 and 2015 respectively, I concluded that the weight of evidence prior to the time when NCR eliminated the substance from the paper did not indicate potential environmental hazards posed by the Aroclor 1242 in NCR CCP. I found that it was not credible to suggest that a company such as NCR had sufficient knowledge to be concerned about using a substance such as Aroclor 1242 in its CCP, especially in the absence of…

The chemicals that were dumped were unwanted waste that served no purpose, and many of the types are unknown. However, some of the chemicals known to be present were hexachlorocyclohexane, chlorinated hydrocarbons, chlorobenzenes, benzene, chloroform, trichloroethylene, methylene chloride, benzene hexachloride, phosphorous rocks, polychlorinated biphenyls, and 1, 3, 7, 8- tetrachlorodibenzo- para-dioxin (Health Time Bomb, 1978). These chemicals had different outcomes, but resulted often in…

Agent Orange Having spent 10 weeks in Vietnam, I felt a personal connection to Agent Orange as well as the effects it had on the country. This connection is what motivated my research and my desire to bring attention to the subject. Agent Orange was an herbicide used during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. It was used by the United States military who intended to gain an advantage in the war by spraying the chemical over the dense jungles of Vietnam. The military hoped that this would deprive the…

On January 12th 1962, the US Air force launched Operation Ranch Hand. This operation called for the use of over 19 million gallons of Agent Orange to be dumped on to the forests in Vietnam to expose the Viet Cong soldiers below. Not only did vast amounts of foliage die, but the chemical lead to birth defects, cancer, and skin rashes for soldiers and civilians who came in contact with it. Operation Ranch Hand Initiated.) Many still argue today that Agent Orange was not linked to these health…

Dioxin is a shortened term for tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin. The chemical formula for this deadly toxin is C4H402. Dioxin was a chemical used for an herbicide mixture called Agent Orange which was used during the Vietnam War in the years 1961-. It prevented the Northern Vietnamese from using rivers, roads, and crops for food supply. This chemical is one of the most dangerous compound that can enter the environment by surface body waters. It can cause a supply of crops to become damaged and…

Maycie’s friend at daycare, Hannah, who was diagnosed at the age of five with a rare and aggressive brain tumor. Hannah died slowly. Another guy from about 6 miles away from Hannah’s grandmother (in the same neighborhood) was at the hospital when Hannah was still alive and had said that his son had just died of the same cancer, All of these families were from the same town that is located near the river, can this be a coincidence? I think not. Two months after Hannah’s death, in 2005, Texas Park…

Agent Orange is a herbicide and defoliant chemical, one of the tactical use of Rainbow Herbicides. It is widely known for its use by the U.S military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. It is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides,trichlorophenoxyacetic acid, and dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. In addition to its damaging environmental effects, the chemical has caused major health problems for many individuals who were…

Every substance becomes toxics if there is no control over its usage (dose). We call toxic every chemical or substance that are poisonous to human or other living organism as well as to the environment. Thus, dioxin is one of the very toxic and poisonous chemical for human and the environment. Chemically, dioxin is also called 2,3,7,8 - Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Its Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number is 1746-01-6, the UN number given is 2811, and the chemical formula is C_12 H_4…

Agent orange still causing cancer and tumors decades later.Agent orange was used during the Vietnam war from 1961-1971. It was made to eliminate enemy cover and cause no harm. We later discovered that was not the case. It caused much damage to veterans giving them cancer and tumors. I believe our society would have been better off without agent orange. Our modern society would have been better off without agent orange because it caused to much damage.Agent orange caused to many diseases and…