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Reuters - Banned toxin found in wood floor finishes

Research Area:

Household Exposure Study

Research Update:

New research finds some wood floor finishes are a likely source of PCB exposure

January 16, 2008
Reporting by Maggie Fox, editing by Will Dunham

Excerpt: A wood floor finish popular in the 1950s and 1960s may be a significant source of the banned, disease-causing pollutants known as PCBs.