Jensen Finds PCBs in Animal Tissues
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Animals, Endangered Species, Zoology, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Pollution, Toxic Waste
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Scandinavian History
- Geographical Location: Sweden, Scandinavia
- Date: 1966
Article abstract: Swedish chemist Sören Jensen announced that PCBs were present in human and wildlife tissue samples and showed that PCBs could be a serious environmental pollutant.
Summary of Event
In December, 1966, New Scientist magazine published a short statement about a new chemical hazard in the environment. That chemical was polychlorinated bi-phenyl (PCB), and the author of the statement was Sören Jensen, a Swedish chemist from the University of Stockholm. He had been measuring pesticide residues in animal tissue for the Institute for...
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