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PCB cleanup workers say they weren’t protected. Now Scot has cancer.

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Jun 12, 202600:16:15News & Politics

PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, were built to last. So, beginning in the late 1920’s billions of pounds of it were produced across the country for use in construction materials, plastics and consumer goods. But over...

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PCB cleanup workers say they weren’t protected. Now Scot has cancer. is an episode from 5 Things by USA TODAY The Excerpt. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, were built to last. So, beginning in the late 1920’s billions of pounds of it wer...

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Published Jun 12, 2026, 00:16:15 long, audio available.