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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has estimated that approximately 750,000 chemicals are now in use in homes, industry, and agriculture. This does not include pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and food additives, nor the estimated 1,500 different ingredients used in pesticides (Geyer et al. 1986).
Although funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through Contract Nos. 68-02-4254 and 68-D9-0166 to Versar Inc., this contribution has not been subjected to Agency review and therefore does not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.
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Kutz, F.W., Wood, P.H., Bottimore, D.P. (1991). Organochlorine Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Human Adipose Tissue*. In: Ware, G.W. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 120. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3080-9_1
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