PBB as a three-letter abbreviation may refer to:
- Parallel Building Blocks, an Intel multicore programming product - NO
- Partai Bulan Bintang or Crescent Star Party, an Indonesian political party - NO
- Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, a Malaysian political party - NO
- Passenger boarding bridge or jet bridge, a connector that extends from an airport terminal gate to an airplane - NO
- Pauls und Braunes Beiträge or Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur (Contributions to the History of the German Language and Literature), an academic journal - NO
- Pinoy Big Brother, the Philippine version of the reality television show Big Brother - NO but sounds interesting
- Polybrominated biphenyl, a group of manufactured chemicals - AH-HA here it is. A group of manufactured chemicals. That's ambiguous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBB
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Even though this happened several years ago, the effects of it are still tainting the landscape, the soil, and the people's lives. I don't like the fact that this happened or that more lessons were not learned from the use of chemicals that are this toxic. The difficulty in all of this is knowing that certain chemicals have been banned, yet more are produced to take their place and it is a constant fight to keep ourselves and our families safe.
Here is a link to some research that was done on this particular incident in Michigan. http://www.umflint.edu/research/student_programs/MOM/journal/2010/Dykstra.pdf
The above-linked document reads like a novel, with details about how it happened, what the political climate of the United States was at the time, the declarations made by the politicians that it was safe, and on and on. It also gave information about cancer risk, pre-mature menstruation in young girls and and the onset of menopause prematurely in older women. Additionally, it discussed the burial sites and this is the quote,
"Disposal Sites - The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality stated that there were only two sites in Michigan chosen as burial pits, Mio and Kalkaska (mdeq.gov). Further investigation at the Calhoun County Health Department in Battle Creek, Michigan revealed more burial sites of animal carcasses and feed. Those sites are: Pennfield Landfill in Calhoun County, Michigan, Smiths Creek Landfill in Kimball Township, St. Clair County, Forest Waste Disposal, Otisville, Genesee County, three sites in Sanilac County and the State of Nevada.
All health departments in the state were contacted and only two responded. In the burial pits; 33,000 cattle, 1.5 million chickens 1,470 sheep, 5,920 hogs, 865 tons of feed, 17,900 pounds of cheese, 2,630 pounds of butter, 34,000 pounds of dry milk and 5 million eggs were buried.
It was in the 1970's in Michigan, but flame-retardent chemicals by any other name are still harmful as you can gather in the following You Tube Videos.
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