**WARNING** The facts on PCB

Any equipment holding substances contaminated with more than 50ppm of PCB are required by law to register them with the Environment Agency. Many older types of Power Factor Correction capacitors installed in industrial premises throughout the country contain PCB; a similar situation exists with older oil-filled transformers. This material is highly toxic and persistent. We have NEVER used PCB in our power factor correction products.

PCB can have a serious effect upon long & short term health!

PCBs are amongst a broader group of harmful persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that are toxic, persist in the environment and animals, bioaccumulate through the food chain, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. Because of their physical characteristics, POPs are transported long distances and are often deposited in areas where they have never been used or produced.
PCBs may cause a wide range of harmful health effects in humans and animals, including skin complaints, cancer, liver damage, immune system suppression and damage to the nervous and reproductive systems. PCB contamination may cause mutations in plants, decline in some bird populations and reduced reproduction in sea mammals.
These concerns over the potential risks to health, food chain and environment led to a ban on the importation of PCBs in the 1970s

PCB does not decompose in water, acid, alkalis or temperatures below 650 degrees C and is therefore almost completely indestructible in the natural environment. it is a distant relation of the DDT exfoliant. PCB can cause death or serious illness dependent upon the degree of contamination. PCB is persistent and has a cumulative effect upon the environment.

PCB is widely considered to be a carcinogen (cause of cancer).
PCB if heated can produce deadly dioxin and chlorine gas.
PCB when old is liable to develop corrosive properties.
PCB Capacitors although hermetically sealed in manufacture very often develop leaks and have been known to explode.
It is illegal to re-sell PCB capacitors.
It is illegal to reconnect PCB capacitors once they have been removed from circuit.
Existing PCB capacitors may continue in use only while they remain in a suitable condition WITHOUT LEAKAGE.
PCB capacitors must be disposed of in accordance with current legal requirements.