'Overview of Specific Chemical Reactions'

'A transformer vault that supplied agent to a pesticide terminus storage w behouse caught fire. The warehouse also caught fire. A river was located adjacent to the warehouse which was the stemma of drunkenness weewee for a townspeople downstream of the warehouse. The transformer contained 600 gallons of the Askarel veridical PCB. The warehouse contained ampere-second drums of the herbicide Gramoxone, 50 drums of the herbicide agentive role Purple and 75 drums of the insecticide Guthion. done with(predicate) conflagration, products of complete and sketchy combustion are produced which will mask firefighters and the environment.\nPolychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) is widely apply for dielectric and coolant fluids in transformers, capacitors, and electric motors. Its condition is 2 to 10 chlorine atoms tie to biphenyl. The chemical edict for a PCB is C12H10-xClx. PCB is super hazardous. It sewer be absorbed through the flake off, causing a skin blossoming called chlora cne, liver ravish and increase of plank in the blood. Individuals can be assailable to PCBs through airing in pollute air, consuming foul food, and by skin contact with aging electrical equipment containing PCB. Scientists ascertained that once ingested PCBs immigrate into various receptor tissues of the thymus, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, brain, muscles, and testes. Children exposed to utmost levels of PCBs during their mothers pregnancy very much have reduce motor skills and short-term memories. By conducting experiments on animals, scientists have observed that PCB depiction everywhere long periods induces the brass of malignant tumors in the liver, mouth, adrenal, glands, and lungs. The OHSA permissible exposure limit (PEL) is 1mg/m ³. The LD50 to kill a rat is 8.65g/kg. For drinking water the maximal level taint of PCBs is .0005 ppm. And for food, the tolerance levels of PCBs is 0.2 and 3 ppm. When PCBs are twisty in a fire, toxic by-products of combustion are commonly produced including polychlorinated dibe... '