Bedford cord

Bedford cord n. A rib-weave fabric with raised lengthwise cords produced by using stuffing threads in the warp. Since the fabric is strong and wears well, it is used for upholstery, suits, riding habits, and work clothes. Tortora PG, Merkel RS (2000) Fairchild s dictionary of, 7th edn. Fairchild Publications, New York. 

Another approachis to directly embed conducting elements within afabric or yam. For example, a Bedford cord can be used to surround electronic fibres (Nakad et al., 2007). 

Unborn children may also be at risk of higher PCB exposure, especially in areas that have been heavily contaminated with PCBs. To illustrate this, researchers analyzed placental cord serum of 755 infants born to mothers residing in towns adjacent to a PCB-contaminated harbor in southeastern Massachusetts (Altshul et al. 1999). Infants whose cord serum was analyzed were born between 1993 and 1998 in the towns of New Bedford, Acushnet, Fairhaven, and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Of the 51 PCB congeners analyzed, only 13 were above the detection limit (0.01 ng/g serum). The median concentration of PCBs was 0.56 ng/g serum (Altshul et al. 1999). Researchers found that the relative predominance of less chlorinated congeners in the cord blood was generally consistent with the characteristics of the... 

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