Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watcgl!kim
From: kim@watsup.waterloo.edu (T. Kim Nguyen)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: Attikamek-Montagnais Protest PCB Plan
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Date: 6 Sep 89 02:18:59 GMT
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In-reply-to: brad@looking.on.ca's message of 5 Sep 89 21:48:02 GMT

In article <8328@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:

   Are PCBs that dangerous?  I have read that they are quite inert -- that's
   why they were used in transformers.  According to what I heard, they are
   only dangerous if burned improperly, upon which they are carcinogenic.

I believe they are dangerous because they ARE carcinogenic AND they
are inert.  Thus they tend to stay in the environment for a very long
time and do lots of damage.
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