Transformer Oil tests for 40PPM for PCB's - Should I be concerned? ? ? (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:05:16 -0400
From: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com
To: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Transformer Oil tests for 40PPM for PCB's - Should I be concerned ? ? ?

Just finished testing my transformer oil with a 50PPM PCB test kit and my
oil tests positive for about 40 PPM  (whether this is a false positive, who
knows).

Initial PCB tests were that the oil floated on water (good indicator not
PCB) and the oil burned very easily (another good indicator not PCB)

My question now is that should I be concerned about the oil that spilled in
my trunk?  About 99% of the oil was soaked up by a carpet back there, and
there is only a slight film maybe on the spare tire or something.  Nothing
visible.

Should i just clean up the trunk with good old soap and water, or should I
make an appointment with the EPA to declare my trunk as a mobile superfund
site.

I'm not too familiar with the scales of contamination.  Maybe 40 PPM is
extremely small and may only be an indicator that in the past it was filled
with PCB oil or something.

What should I do???


"A Worried Captain Corona"