Skin Absorption and Damage from PCBs http://www.foxriverwatch.com/dioxinskin2.jpg Skin Absorption and Damage from PCBs
Skin Absorption and Damage from PCBs
* Introduction
* What is Chloracne?
* Summary of Studies Showing Skin Absorption
* Evidence that PCBs are Absorbed Through the Skin
* Summary of Skin Damage Study Results
* Skin Damage Caused by PCBs
* Other PCB Contamination Sites With Skin Contact Risks
* Links to More Information
* References
Skimming over the above link, I learned that the carbonless paper that I used in my work-place
every day for about 30 years, contained PCBs.
Non-carbon copying paper, according to the study, could not be removed with soap and water hand cleaning. Only about 1/3 was removed with a soap and water wash.
I learned that these PCBs are rapidly and excessively abosorbed through the skin and that highter chlorinated RCBs are absorbed more slowly into the body but stay and accumulate.
(think bleached paper along with the carbonless- PCBs in the paper)
So in addition to inhalation of the airborn PCB's- I was exposed at work. Carbonless paper.
In Study 27, I learned that PCBs and HCBs can penetrate the skin easily when applied as a solid or aqueous paste or suspension- or when dissolved in ethanol. I can see a potention for more damage due to the fact that I paint a lot.
Then too, there is the process of Acetaldehyde, which is the first metabolite of ethanol, and that process factors heavily in our daily life. These various contaminants are working
together or enabling the PCBs, Dioxin and pesticides to posion us.
More on Acetaldehyde later- the Acetaldehyde is KEY
EVIDENCE OF ACETALDEHYDE-PROTEIN ADDUCT FORMATION IN RAT BRAIN AFTER LIFELONG CONSUMPTION OF ETHANOL -- Rintala et al. 35 (5): 458 -- Alcohol and Alcoholism