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mowhoong@hotmail.com - 24 Dec 2005 19:16 GMT

Hello members, I am confused whether PCB (Printed Circuit Board) also
known as Polychlorimated Biphenyls can cause cancer. Dear members any
comment on this ?
Thanks
Regards.

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Tom Biasi - 24 Dec 2005 19:49 GMT

> Hello members, I am confused whether PCB (Printed Circuit Board) also
> known as Polychlorimated Biphenyls can cause cancer. Dear members any
> comment on this ?
> Thanks
> Regards.

Its Polychlorinated Biphenyls , if you are going to troll at least spell
correctly.

Merry Christmas,
Tom

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Pooh Bear - 24 Dec 2005 22:17 GMT

> Hello members, I am confused whether PCB (Printed Circuit Board) also
> known as Polychlorimated Biphenyls can cause cancer. Dear members any
> comment on this ?

They aren't the same thing at all.

The 2 things simply share the same acronym.

Graham

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Jasen Betts - 25 Dec 2005 09:35 GMT

> Hello members, I am confused whether PCB (Printed Circuit Board) also
> known as Polychlorimated Biphenyls can cause cancer. Dear members any
> comment on this ?

Polychlorinatedbiphenyls have a bad reputation, for all I know it's
justified.

I don't think printed circuit boards contain polychlorinatedbiphenyls,
even the "phenolic" type of printed curcuitboard.

the do howerver contain PBDE

Poly Bbrominated Diphenyl Ethers or something like that

http://inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc162.htm

Burning any organic substance (even tobacco) releases dangerous toxins,
so if you do that avoid the smoke or preferable use a high temperature
furnace that can consume the combustion products fully.

Bye.
Jasen

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Pooh Bear - 25 Dec 2005 12:17 GMT

> > Hello members, I am confused whether PCB (Printed Circuit Board) also
> > known as Polychlorimated Biphenyls can cause cancer. Dear members any
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> I don't think printed circuit boards contain polychlorinatedbiphenyls,
> even the "phenolic" type of printed curcuitboard.

So-called 'phenolic' boards are a misnomer. It's how they *were* once made.

A more modern acronym for them is SRBP - meaning 'synthetic resin bonded
paper'. ( synthetic resin = epoxy glue ).

Graham

The *do* stink when burnt though. I don't think it's especially harmful.

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Dan Fraser - 28 Jan 2006 18:33 GMT

Those are two different things that have the same acronym. They are not the
same.

Dan

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Rich Grise - 28 Jan 2006 19:57 GMT

> Those are two different things that have the same acronym. They are not
> the same.
>
> Dan

What things? A post like this with no context makes no sense.

Thanks,
Rich

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Rich Grise - 28 Dec 2005 21:58 GMT

> Burning any organic substance (even tobacco) releases dangerous toxins,
> so if you do that avoid the smoke or preferable use a high temperature
> furnace that can consume the combustion products fully.

Oh, no worries there - I'm meticulous in consuming all of my combustion
products! %-}

Cheers!
Rich

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