Chemical Contaminants

getting started

Chesapeake Bay Program - Chemical Contaminants

digging deeper

Britannica School - PCBs (you may need to log into LCPS Go and open Britannica School before this link will work)*

EPA.gov - PCBs

Gale in Context: Environmental Studies - Pesticides (you may need to log into LCPS Go before this link will work. If you are prompted to log in, click the "Clever" login)*

EPA.gov - Pesticide Chemicals

World Health Organization - Pesticides

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Pesticides

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - ToxFAQs™ for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

CDC - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) fact sheet

*Some of the links above require that you be logged in through LCPS Go first. For some, like Britannica School, you may also need to open Britannica School before the links will work. Britannica School, World Book Student, and Gale (FWS) are all located in the "Library Resources" folder in LCPS Go. If any link prompts you to log in, access the appropriate database from LCPS Go -> Library Resources and then click the link on this website again.