Re: PCB's in Cables?.

["Jon Campbell" <jon@cqs.com>]

I believe the acrid, bizarre odor or carbonless paper may be the odor of
PCB. But I have no direct experience either (fortunately, I guess). The
danger of direct contact with PCBs would be if any compressor oil or pump
oil or sealed hydraulic fluid leaked into the water.

Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: Kaltofen@aol.com <Kaltofen@aol.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list DIOXIN-L <dioxin-l@essential.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: PCB's in Cables?.


>I would imagine that one's greatest PCB-related danger would be from fire
>debris and from heat exchange fluids actually leaking from electrical
>equipment.  Some dangers would also come from PVC cable insulation fire
>debris.
>
>Happily, although I am a civil engineer, I have no personal direct
experience
>with the odor of PCBs.  PCBs are somewhat volatile so some dangers may
exist
>in airborne exposures.
>
>I would probably be more concerned about the potential lack of oxygen and
the
>abundance of sulfide gases in confined spaces than from airborne PCBs.
>