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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Carbonless Copying Paper

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POLYCHLOROBIPHENYLS (PCB) cause chloracne and liver damage in man and induce oestradiol degradation1. They are widely distributed in the ecosystem in birds, fish and shellfish1–4. The miserable episode of “Yusho”, a mass food poisoning involving more than 1,000 people which was caused by chronic ingestion of rice oil contaminated with ‘Kanechlor-400’, a commercial brand of PCB, occurred in western Japan in 19685,6.

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    YOSHITO MASUDA & RIE KAGAWA

  2. Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka

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MASUDA, Y., KAGAWA, R. & KURATSUNE, M. Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Carbonless Copying Paper. Nature 237, 41–42 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237041a0

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