Technical Bulletin No. 0671: PCB and TCDD/F Levels in Effluents from Deinking Mills Producing Fine Paper or Tissue and Toweling

In 1994, NCASI solicited data on the PCB and TCDD/F levels in wastewaters from U.S. deinking mills. Data from eleven deinking mills, all but one producing fine paper or tissue/toweling, support the conclusion that it is unusual to find measurable levels of PCB Aroclors in wastewaters from such mills. In the post-1989 data assembled in this study (612 samples analyzed), only approximately one percent of the samples contained measurable levels of PCB Aroclors.