Re: What has everyone got against PCB?

["Ed Phillips" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Oxandale, Terry" <Toxandale-at-SPP-dot-org>
> 
> PolyCloronated Bifenals (spelling anybody?) is what PCB stands for.
> Federal mandates required the removal (or at least less than 5 ppm I
> believe, 'cause it's been awhile) of PCB contaminated oils in xfmrs a
> long time ago, but the old stuff (20 years old ?) still may have some in
> it, especially the caps. I've been soaked in it at one time or another
> in my younger days, and hope none of the carcinogenic scare rears it's
> ugly head for me, but the stuff is not supposed to be very compatable
> with a long life. Of course, this information was probably based on
> given a mouse 3 pints of this stuff per day to see if he would die from
> it.
> 
> Terry


	From what I've read, the last sentence is about right on.  Nasty stuff
to mess with, but so is sulfuric acide in car batteries.  The dangers
from smoking cigarettes are vastly greater.

Ed