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It can be anticipated that if the same situation/condi-
tion continues in future then the pollution may rise more
and hence the concentration levels in human biological
materials may also high because the release of these con-
taminants are not at all controlled even now.
5. CONCLUSION
Our PCB contamination is a public health crisis which
has been ignored far too long. All samples were found to
be contaminated with PCB residues which are no longer
used in Pakistan.
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