It also adopted technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs).

Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD PCDF), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB).

Studies are looking at the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls and persistent organic pollutants in the body the breast milk of Inuit mothers is extraordinarily high in toxic compounds.

A group of scientists announced yesterday that Japanese women's breast milk has been found to contain polychlorinated brominated coplanar biphenyls, or Co PXBs, a toxin similar to the pollutant PCB.

Technical information on the management of flue gas and other residues, and on the testing, monitoring and reporting of releases, could be updated, and the subsection on formation mechanisms could be restructured to accommodate information on the formation of polychlorinated biphenyls and hexachlorobenzene.