Avoid Eating Fish and Game --- Avoid eating fish, ducks and other wildlife from the Fox River, Green Bay and Great Lakes region. All the fish contain at least some degree of PCB contamination, and many ducks are contaminated as well PCB manufacturer. If you do eat wild game, follow the governments’ consumption advisories and cooking guidelines, to limit your PCB exposure. Girls should be especially careful to avoid eating PCB-contaminated fish, because they can accumulate the PCB, then pass the chemicals to their future children PCB manufacturer. Avoid Skin Contact PCB can be rapidly absorbed through the skin. The more concentrated PCBs in the bottom and shore muds should be avoided particularly.
Check Old Fluorescent Light Fixtures --- in your home, school and workplace. If the fixtures are from 1979 or older they may contain significant amounts of PCB and need replacing PCB manufacturer. Contact your local solid waste department to ask how to dispose of the fixtures, and don’t allow the fixture to contact your skin. Replace Old Appliances --- such as television sets and refrigerators older than 1979. These may leak small amounts of PCB into the air when they get hot during operation. Check the Pump --- If you drink well-water, have your well inspected to determine whether you have an old pump containing PCB oil. Sometimes these pumps leak PCB; therefore, they should be replaced and any contamination at the site cleaned. PCB manufacturer This needs to be done by certified well-maintenance professionals. Check Old Products for PCB --- Old painted surfaces, old grout, old asphalt shingles, old tar paper and old sealants may contain PCB contamination, sometimes at high levels. If possible, have them tested for contamination and removed if the test is positive.
Avoid skin contact and ventilate the area well until the situation is under control. If old PCB products are melted or burned in a fire, this may spread contamination with the smoke, and also create new furans and dioxins. PCB manufacturer Avoid Old Industrial Sites --- Learn the history of workplaces, old buildings and dump sites. Avoid areas where work was conducted on old electrical equipment, capacitors and transformers --- or have them tested to determine safety. PCB can be absorbed several inches into old brick, concrete and other surfaces --- but will keep volatilizing into the air for years afterward. Avoid Transformers and Capacitors --- Old electrical transformers and capacitors are STILL allowed to contain old PCB oil, for the life of the equipment. New ones do not. Avoid contact with this equipment until sure. If PCB transformers or capacitors are involved in fires or explosions,
PCB manufacturer the contamination in the area and downwind may be dangerous and require professional cleanup help. Filter and Treat Landfill Gases --- Insist that nearby landfills filter and treat the gases vented from within the waste (right now, most do not filter). Generally, the municipal and industrial landfills in Northeast Wisconsin (engineered or not) contain significant amounts of PCB. The PCB volatilize into the air and blow downwind. Some landfills burn the landfill gas, which may create dioxins, furans and other toxic byproducts in the air emissions. We must insist on better controls. Be Careful in the Garden ---If you work a garden downwind near the river and lower bay, PCB manufacturer and especially if bottom sediments were dredged and brought up to the garden, wear gloves and clothes to limit contact with the topsoil. Have the soil tested for chemical contamination before growing root crops for consumption, such as carrots and potatoes. Or be certain to peel the carrots and potatoes, because PCB concentrate in the lipid layer of their skins. This advice applies to neighbors of sites such as the disposal dump called "Kidney Island" offshore from Bay Beach Park in Green Bay. Reduce Dust and Dirt in the Home --- Simply keeping the house clean helps to reduce PCBs which may come in with dust, especially with kids and pets PCB manufacturer.
