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Science 30 April 1982:
Vol. 216. no. 4545, pp. 520 - 522
DOI: 10.1126/science.216.4545.520
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Accumulation of Airborne Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Foliage

EDWARD H. BUCKLEY 1

1 Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

Plant foliage accumulates the vapor of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) from the atmosphere, and there is a variation in the amount that is accumulated from one plant species to another. This differential accumulation factor between species remains constant over more than two orders of magnitude of PCB concentrations in plants. The relationships between foliar and atmospheric PCB concentrations hold promise for cost-effective atmospheric PCB monitoring through foliar analyses.

Submitted on May 8, 1981
Revised on January 11, 1982


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