polychlorinated biphenyls

Breast Milk May Contain Environmental Pollutants
January 6, 2014
Several studies have found chemicals and other environmental toxicants in breast milk, the San Francisco Chronicle reported last weekend.  The high fat and protein content in breast milk attracts heavy metals and other contaminants that have been ingested or absorbed into the mother’s body, which are then passed on to their infants. The article referenced one recent...
Prop 65 / Environment
Birth Defects, Cancer, Lead, polychlorinated biphenyls, Proposition 65, Reproductive Harm
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Leeman v. Burger King Corporation, et al.
November 8, 2007
The Honorable Shellyanne W.L. Chang from the Sacramento County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Leeman v. Burger King Corporation, et al. on November 8, 2007. In this enforcement action, citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D., alleged that Burger King Corporation's ("Burger King") franchise restaurants in California serve flame-broiled hamburgers,...
Flame-Cooked Burgers
Prepared Food
Benzo[a]pyrene, Benzo[b]fluoranthene, Benzo[k]fluoranthene, Benz[a]anthracene, Burger King Corporation, chrysene, Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene, Leeman, naphthalene, polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Proposition 65
Benzo[a]pyrene, Benzo[b]fluoranthene, Benzo[k]fluoranthene, Benz[a]anthracene, Chrysene, Indeno[1,2,3-cd]Pyrene, Naphthalene, PAHs, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins, Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans
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