{"id":3076,"date":"2011-03-18T07:44:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T11:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2015-07-05T13:49:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T17:49:33","slug":"dr-david-carpenter-speaks-pcb-health-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/dr-david-carpenter-speaks-pcb-health-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. David Carpenter Speaks On PCB Health Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DavidCarpenter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3077\" title=\"Dr. David Carpenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DavidCarpenter-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. David Carpenter\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. David Carpenter of the University at Albany, who has extensively researched the health effects of PCBs, spoke to an audience in Great Barrington on the evening of March 1.\u00a0 Dr. Carpenter focused on the threat of airborne PCBs and what this might mean for residents living near the river and its floodplain.\u00a0 He also discussed the specific health risks (e.g., cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, neurobehavioral disorders) associated with PCBs.\u00a0 The presentation was made possible by the Housatonic Rivier Initiative (HRI) and was videotaped by Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT).\u00a0 You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/video-dr-carpenter-speaks-pcb-health-risks\/\">watch Dr. Carpenter&#8217;s presentation<\/a> in its entirety here on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. David Carpenter of the University at Albany, who has extensively researched the health effects of PCBs, spoke to an audience in Great Barrington on the evening of March 1.\u00a0 Dr. Carpenter focused on the threat of airborne PCBs and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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