In two new studies, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have clarified how a long-banned group of chemicals, called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) affect genetic activity. The research helps ...

Exposure to per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) and hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs) is associated with adverse human health effects, including immunosuppression. It is unknown ...

Nearly a half century after the U.S. banned PCBs, communities around the Great Lakes are still digging the toxic chemical out of waterways.

After two decades, a health advisory against eating the carp at Utah Lake due to a toxic chemical has been lifted.

Toxic synthetic chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were banned more than 40 years ago but still threaten human health and the environment today. PCBs were used to make industrial ...

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are typically generated as byproducts released from diverse human activities and natural sources 1.

Illinois reached a settlement Monday of at least $120 million with Monsanto Co., the largest producer of now-banned PCBs, to address longstanding contamination across the state. Illinois Attorney ...

While both the contamination and elevated cancer rates have been documented, the connection between the two remains unanswered: Did the contamination inside Poe Hall contribute to the cancers reported ...