7th International PCB Workshop: Chemical mixtures in a complex world

摘要

The 7th International PCB Workshop was held in Arcachon, France in June 2012. France was a major producer of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs, about 10 % of the world production in the 1970s) and remains a country with significant PCB exposure in the general population. Therefore, the question of risk assessment and management is a subject of major interest for national health authorities, as evident in recent efforts in PCB risk assessment involving large-scale monitoring programs in environmental compartments (aquatic and terrestrial), in foods (TDS), and in humans (general population and fish consumers). Therefore, the meeting began with an overview of French PCB history as an introduction to the topic.