PCB or Polychlorinated Biphenyls are hazardous chemicals, which are among the priority persistent organic pollutants (POPs) targeted for worldwide phase out under the Stockholm Convention on POPs, a global agreement where the Philippines is a Party. PCBs were first manufactured in the 1900s and became widely used as a dielectric fluids in transformers and capacitors.In the Philippines, the phase out on the use of PCBs as dielectric fluid and ban on its importation started in 2004.Read more for more PCB Facts. #EnviChallengeAccepted
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