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To: IceShark who wrote (41846)11/29/2000 1:47:19 PM
From: yard_man  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
polychlorinated biphenyls -- used to be used in transformers ... maybe they still are?



To: IceShark who wrote (41846)11/29/2000 1:47:37 PM
From: pater tenebrarum  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
well, i'm not moving much, though probably more than most rocks.

so GE can get away with dumping this stuff in public waterways without having to fear consequences? goes to show how corporations truly rule the world now.



To: IceShark who wrote (41846)11/29/2000 1:49:45 PM
From: yard_man  Respond to of 436258
 
BTW -- Ben and Jerry's started giving out info on dioxin in their stores, being the environmentally conscious types that they are (I know they no longer own it right?)

Anyway some spoil-sport opted to test their product for levels of dioxin ...you guessed it. ho ho ho ..



To: IceShark who wrote (41846)11/29/2000 2:56:12 PM
From: Reilly Diefenbach  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
PCB = polychlorinated biphenol

I'm not a chemist, but I seem to recall that PCBs are similar to or have similar effects to dioxins.