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Science 11 May 1973:
Vol. 180. no. 4086, pp. 643 - 644
DOI: 10.1126/science.180.4086.643
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Polychlorobiphenyls in North Atlantic Ocean Water

George R. Harvey 1, William G. Steinhauer 1, and John M. Teal 1

1 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

Concentrations of polychlorobiphenyls (PCB's) have been measured at the surface and at various depths in the water of the North Atlantic Ocean between 26°N and 63°N. The concentrations average about 20 parts per trillion and amount to an estimated 2 x 104 metric tons of PCB's in the upper 200 meters of water. The average concentrations of PCB's in the surface water of the Sargasso Sea are lower than those in the northern North Atlantic.


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