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| Title | PCBs in State Purchased Products: Medical and Hospital Supplies 2017 Results |
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PCBs in State Purchased Products: Medical and Hospital Supplies 2017 Results (Number of pages: 19) (Publication Size: 758KB)
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| Author(s) | Michael Zahn | ||||
| Description | Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) conducted a study to assess polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in products available from state contracts in 2017. Ecology evaluated 37 medical and hospital supply products that were in use by state entities. Sampled products included disposable gloves, specimen containers, centrifuge tubes, lids and caps, wipes, and other lab consumable supplies. All results showed detectable levels of total PCBs (tPCBs). The tPCB concentration results ranged, as estimates, from 0.0002 J parts per billion (ppb) to 116.26 J ppb in the samples tested. Twenty-one had tPCB levels below 1 ppb, 12 had levels ranging from 1 to 10 ppb, three had levels between 10 and 100 ppb, and one had a level above 100ppb. The results were all below the TSCA 25 ppm average and 50 ppm maximum limits. |
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| Contact | EAP Publications Coordinator at 564-669-3028 or EAPpubs@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | consumer products, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Ecology, PCBs, medical hospital supplies |
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