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polychlorinated biphenyl pyralene 3,4,5,3’,4’-Pentachlorobiphenyl Apirolio Arochlor

Polychlorinated biphenyls are highly carcinogenic chemical compounds, formerly used in industrial and consumer products, whose production was banned in the United States by the Toxic Substances Control Act in 1976 and internationally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001. Wikipedia

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An organic chlorine compound, now recognized as an environmental toxin and classified as a persistent organic pollutant Wikipedia Disambiguation

Any chemical compound from a series of congeners based on biphenyl skeleton, differing from other compounds of this group by a number and position of chlorine atoms Wikidata

Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds formed by the chlorination of the hydrocarbon biphenyl; they have many industrial applications but are damaging to the environment. OmegaWiki

Chemical compound belonging to the polychlorinated biphenyls family, used in the production of electrical equipment which requires dielectric fluid such as power transformers and capacitors, as well as in hydraulic machinery, vacuum pumps, compressors and heat-exchanger fluids. OmegaWiki

Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds formed by the chlorination of the hydrocarbon biphenyl; they have many industrial applications but are now considered persistent organic pollutants. Wiktionary

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organochlorine compound

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