{"id":4987,"date":"2012-05-17T13:13:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T20:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2012-05-17T13:13:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T20:13:09","slug":"pcbs-hazards-exposed-in-online-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/pcbs-hazards-exposed-in-online-video\/","title":{"rendered":"PCBs Hazards Exposed in Online Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cochraneassoc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cochrane &amp; Associates, LLC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PCBs\u00a0belong to a broad family of man-made organic chemicals known as chlorinated hydrocarbons. They were domestically manufactured from 1929 until their ban in 1979 and were used in hundreds of industrial and commercial applications.<\/p>\n<p>Although no longer commercially produced in the United States,\u00a0PCBs\u00a0may still be present in products and materials produced before the 1979 PCB ban. In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new guidance regarding\u00a0PCBs\u00a0in caulk from buildings constructed or renovated between 1950 and 1978.\u00a0 The EPA recommends testing for\u00a0PCBs\u00a0in peeling, brittle, cracking or deteriorating caulk in buildings, especially around school environments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo help people understand the hazards associated with\u00a0PCBs\u00a0the IAQ Video Network released a public outreach video on the\u00a0toxic chemicals,\u201d reported Paul Cochrane, President of Cochrane and Associates, the company behind the IAQ Video Network. \u00a0\u201cWe hope this video opens people\u2019s eyes to the potential hazard of being exposed to this material.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To view the video please visit:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Di0MKIDUya8\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Di0MKIDUya8\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Di0MKIDUya8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0\u00a0Cochrane &amp; Associates, LLC PCBs\u00a0belong to a broad family of man-made organic chemicals known as chlorinated hydrocarbons. They were domestically manufactured from 1929 until their ban in 1979 and were used in hundreds of industrial and commercial applications. Although no longer commercially produced in the United States,\u00a0PCBs\u00a0may still be present in products and materials produced &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/pcbs-hazards-exposed-in-online-video\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PCBs Hazards Exposed in Online Video<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4988,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions\/4988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}