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PCBRes (PCB Residue Effects)
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| Resource Type: |
software --> database
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| Country: |
USA
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| Year: |
2009 |
| Availability: |
Web based
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| Producers or distributor |
US Environmental Protection Agency - US EPA
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Contaminants-->Others
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Receptor: Ecological
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Toxicological information
Diffuse pollution-->Contaminants-->Persistent Organic Pollutants
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| Short description: |
EPA MED researchers developed the PCB Residue Effects (PCBRes) Database to assist scientists and risk assessors in correlating PCB and dioxin-like compound residues with toxic effects. The purpose is to develop PCB critical residue values for fish, mammals and birds, especially as these relate to aquatic and aquatic-dependent species. This database also includes expression of critical residue values based upon PCB Aroclors and total PCB-based congener specific methods because PCBs occur as complex mixtures. Because PCB toxicity occurs via the arylhydrocarbon-receptor (AhR), PCB toxicity has also been expressed using the sum of the dioxin-like PCBs after adjustment using toxicity equivalence factors (TEF). Limited dioxin and furan compounds in single and mixture studies are also included.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 06/07/2009
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