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4/10/06

PCB CONTAMINATION FOCUS OF SLU TALK

CANTON - "Health Effects and Route of Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)" is the topic of a lecture by David Carpenter, a professor at the Environmental Health and Toxicology Division of the School of Public Health at SUNY Albany, on Tuesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Hepburn Hall (Room 218) at St. Lawrence University. The event is open to the public, free of charge.

PCBs are industrial compounds that are very persistent in the environment and in the human body. These compounds are dangerous, causing cancer, neurobehavioral effects, disruption of the immune and endocrine system and other health effects. While the best documented route of exposure is consumption of contaminated foods, especially fish, new evidence indicates that inhalation of these semi-volatile compounds is also an important route of exposure. Results from studies at Akwesasne and other PCB-contaminated sites will be presented.

Carpenter is the host of a 30-minute public health information show called "The Public Radio Health Show," carried on more than 170 stations nationwide, including the Armed Forces Radio Network and Voice of America. Prior to joining faculty at the University at Albany, Carpenter was a research physician at the Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research.

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