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Recommendations from the Federal government:

 

The EPA has set a limit of 0.0005 milligrams of PCBs per liter of drinking water (0.0005 mg/L). Discharges, spills or accidental releases of 1 pound or more of PCBs into the environment must be reported to the EPA.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that infant foods, eggs, milk and other dairy products, fish and shellfish, poultry and red meat contain no more than 0.2-3 parts of PCBs per million parts (0.2-3 ppm) of food. Many states have established fish and wildlife consumption advisories for PCBs.

 

Our recommendations:

 

To individuals :

 

One study shows that a loss in fat can help excrete PCBs from the body so we reccommend: 

Lose body fat. Researches found out PCBs accumulated in fatty tissue, losing body fat and producing breastmilk significantly deplete PCBs in the body.

 

Try to avoid  PCB contaminated food, especially sport fish from contaminated sites, also, since PCBs highly concentrated in fatty tissue, avoid the fatty part of food also help to reduce PCBs intake. Use a filter to filter your drinking water.

 

Keep your kids and yourself away from pollutants. To find out the risks around you, click here

 

Properly handle your waste, do not discard PCBs contained products into environment.

 

Women who are of child bearing age should be aware of the level of PCBs in their body, in order to make careful decisions surrounding breastfeeding.

 

To Regulating Agencies: 

 

Law enforcement and regulating agencies need to accelate the cleanup of polluted sites to stop the pollution from continuing to bioaccumlate and spread. Also, all sites containing PCBs such as schools, should be identified and put on a priortized list for cleanup. 

 

More information is needed to inform the public and to spread awareness. 

 

Consumer food and vitamin products should be labeled if there is a possibility that they contain levels of PCBs.

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