/oss/taxonomy/term/1194/all en /oss/article/controversial-science-environment-health-news-science-science-everywhere-toxicity/pcbs-are-not-toxic-time-bombs <p>We haven’t heard much about polychlorinated biphenyls, or “PCBs” since the fire at St. Basil-Le Grand in 1988, but we sure are hearing a lot now. There are two angles to the illegally stored PCB-filled transformers and contaminated waste in the Pointe Claire facility. There is the legal and political story, and then there is the scientific one. Without question, the PCB-containing materials were improperly and illegally stored and will have to be removed and properly processed. That is the law. And that part of the story was accurately portrayed by the media.</p> Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:08:15 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2007 at /oss