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Risk Assessment

Memorandum: Response To Ecological Risk Assessment Forum Request For Information On the Benefits of PCB Congener-Specific Analyses

As a prelude to the discussion of the benefits of congener-specific analysis, it is useful to briefly review the history of the domestic and global production and use of PCBs.

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