Mortality long-term view

PCBs did have a marked effect on both fetal and post-natal development, growth and mortality. In view of the possible relationship between malignant melanoma and exposure to PCBs, long-term follow-up studies should be pursued on the surviving offspring of highly exposed mothers as well as on the mothers themselves. One study of nine post-Yusho offspring exposed to PCB via breast milk reported apathy, enervation, hypotonia and a lack of endurance in three of these children for more than 5 years ref. 151). 

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