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Polychlorinated biphenyls are widely used in industry, and they are now making an appearance in the world's wildlife. Besides being a hazard in their own right, they interfere with the detection of organochlorine insecticides such as DDT.
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KOEMAN, J., TEN NOEVER DE BRAUW, M. & DE VOS, R. Chlorinated Biphenyls in Fish, Mussels and Birds from the River Rhine and the Netherlands Coastal Area. Nature 221, 1126–1128 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2211126a0
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