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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Van Houten, Crispin J.     Subjects     Polychlorinated biphenyls -- Safety regulations -- United States     Electronic industries -- Safety measures     MSEM Thesis.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Van Houten, Crispin J.       by title:      An evaluation of the...         MARC Display

An evaluation of the effect on industry of the PCB regulatory situation and a discussion of management options / Crispin J. Van Houten. by Van Houten, Crispin J. Subjects Polychlorinated biphenyls -- Safety regulations -- United States   Electronic industries -- Safety measures   MSEM Thesis. Description:  65 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Contents:  The dangers of PCB's -- Regulatory review -- Impact on industry, some examples -- Managing the problem -- The situation at General Electric Medical Systems. Polychlorinated biphenals (PCB's) are a liquid which was used extensively in the period up to about 1976 as a dielectric in industrial transformers, capacitors, and other types of electrical equipment. Although some of its properties made it very effective for this purpose, other characteristics were deemed to pose a threat to human health and the environment. In 1976 the EPA began to impose strict rules on theses substances regarding their continued use, mandating removal in some applications, and also setting up comprehensive regulations for their removal, and disposal. Since that time it has been found that the by-products of the incomplete combustion of PCB’s which may be produced in a fire pose an even greater hazard than the material itself. This situation has led to ever increasing regulatory attention and has placed a huge economic burden on industry which may be faced with expensive control measures, and possibly even more expensive and disruptive clean up costs in the event of an accident involving these materials. This paper will review some of the technical information about PCB's, including some of the experimental evidence that has led to their classification as a hazardous material. The regulations that have been developed as a result of these findings will be reviewed, and the impact on industry will be discussed by means of summarizing some recent incidents and their costs. Finally some alternatives will be proposed showing some of the choices available to manage the problem, and examples of how industries have dealt with their situations including two cases at General Electric Medical Systems will be presented.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Walter Schroeder Library Master's Theses AC805 .V364 1987 Available Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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