Are there bad guys? Then there are good guys. UBC scientist, Eltis and his colleagues found the key to the lock of PCBs; a bacteria that can eat PCBs, toxic chemicals that cause reproductive disorders and cancer.
PCBs are colourless, viscous liquids manufactured from the 1930 to 1970. They were used as lubricants for industrial applications till their harmful effects in environment were discovered. These chemicals mimic hormones in the bodies of humans and animals. Unlike other pollutions, PCBs are super-strong chemicals that can continually survive in the soil where we live, in the water we drink, in the air we smell and in the muscle like fat-tissue we have. It is one of the most dangerous pollutions that can easily kill all plants
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