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Anthrax & PCB's
AC&MS offer through our approved subcontractor list a comprehensive, high quality hazardous materials sampling and testing service for Anthrax.
Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium “Bacillus Anthracis”. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and domestic lower vertebrates (cattle, sheep, goats, camels, antelopes, and other herbivores, but it can also occur in humans when they are exposed to infected animals or tissue from infected animals.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’S).
PCB’s are a mixture of manmade chemical structures. Which can range from oily liquids to waxy solids. Unfortunately, like many other chlorinated chemicals, PCBs are soluble in fat, so they tend to accumulate in living things and to enter the food webs, where they concentrate. The higher you are on a food chain, the greater the concentration of PCBs