Figure 1. Map of southern Anniston, Alabama (outline), and surrounding areas. Air sampling sites are indicated by round dots, and landfills by triangles, and the PCB plant site is indicated by a square. Railroads and major highways are indicated. This map is reproduced with permission from ref (11). Copyright 2003 American Chemical Society. Figure 2. Map of Illinois (left) showing St. Clair County in red and outline map of St. Clair County (right) showing Sauget, Illinois, in red. The gray areas in the right map are incorporated areas. This map is from Wikipedia. For scale, the north–south distance of Illinois is ∼660 km. Figure 3. Map of the Hudson River. PCB contamination started at Hudson Falls and Fort Edward in the north and extended to Troy in the south. The distance from Hudson Falls to Brooklyn is ∼320 km. (22) Figure 4. Map of the west side of Bloomington, Indiana, showing three PCB-contaminated landfills, Bloomington’s Winston-Thomas wastewater treatment plant (closed in 1983), the co-located Interim Storage Facility (ISF), the Illinois Central Spring (ICS) Treatment Plant, and the old Westinghouse (now ABB) production facility. (32) The scale of the map’s border is ∼10 km by ∼12 km. The proposed incinerator site was ∼10 km south of the ISF site. Ron Hites was a chemist and Distinguished Professor at the Paul O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He was a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and also founded the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. He published 500 articles and co-authored several books, including a textbook. Marta Venier is an environmental chemist and Assistant Professor at the Paul O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. In her research, she employs analytical chemistry and mass spectrometry techniques to study the fate, transport, and behavior of persistent organic pollutants, including both legacy and emerging pollutants, in the indoor and outdoor environment and in consumer products. The authors thank Mark H. Hermanson for helpful discussions of an early version of the manuscript. This article references 45 other publications. This article has not yet been cited by other publications. Figure 1. Map of southern Anniston, Alabama (outline), and surrounding areas. Air sampling sites are indicated by round dots, and landfills by triangles, and the PCB plant site is indicated by a square. Railroads and major highways are indicated. This map is reproduced with permission from ref (11). Copyright 2003 American Chemical Society. Figure 2. Map of Illinois (left) showing St. Clair County in red and outline map of St. Clair County (right) showing Sauget, Illinois, in red. The gray areas in the right map are incorporated areas. This map is from Wikipedia. For scale, the north–south distance of Illinois is ∼660 km. Figure 3. Map of the Hudson River. PCB contamination started at Hudson Falls and Fort Edward in the north and extended to Troy in the south. The distance from Hudson Falls to Brooklyn is ∼320 km. (22) Figure 4. Map of the west side of Bloomington, Indiana, showing three PCB-contaminated landfills, Bloomington’s Winston-Thomas wastewater treatment plant (closed in 1983), the co-located Interim Storage Facility (ISF), the Illinois Central Spring (ICS) Treatment Plant, and the old Westinghouse (now ABB) production facility. (32) The scale of the map’s border is ∼10 km by ∼12 km. The proposed incinerator site was ∼10 km south of the ISF site. Ron Hites was a chemist and Distinguished Professor at the Paul O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He was a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and also founded the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. He published 500 articles and co-authored several books, including a textbook. Marta Venier is an environmental chemist and Assistant Professor at the Paul O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. In her research, she employs analytical chemistry and mass spectrometry techniques to study the fate, transport, and behavior of persistent organic pollutants, including both legacy and emerging pollutants, in the indoor and outdoor environment and in consumer products. This article references 45 other publications.

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罗恩·海茨的最后一篇论文。四座城市的故事：美国的多氯联苯

图 1. 阿拉巴马州安尼斯顿南部及周边地区地图（轮廓）。空气采样点用圆点表示，垃圾填埋场用三角形表示，PCB厂点用正方形表示。标出了铁路和主要高速公路。该地图的复制已获得参考文献 (11) 的许可。版权所有 2003 美国化学会。图 2. 伊利诺伊州地图（左）以红色显示圣克莱尔县，圣克莱尔县轮廓图（右）以红色显示伊利诺伊州索吉特。右图中的灰色区域是合并区域。这张地图来自维基百科。就规模而言，伊利诺伊州南北距离约为 660 公里。图 3. 哈德逊河地图。 PCB污染始于北部的哈德逊瀑布和爱德华堡，并延伸至南部的特洛伊。从哈德逊瀑布到布鲁克林的距离约为 320 公里。 (22) 图 4. 印第安纳州布卢明顿西侧地图，显示了三个 PCB 污染的垃圾填埋场、布卢明顿的温斯顿-托马斯废水处理厂（于 1983 年关闭）、位于同一地点的临时储存设施 (ISF)、伊利诺伊州中央污水处理厂Spring (ICS) 处理厂和旧西屋电气（现为 ABB）生产设施。 (32) 地图边界的比例尺为∼10 公里×∼12 公里。拟议的焚烧厂地点位于 ISF 地点以南约 10 公里处。罗恩·海茨 (Ron Hites) 是印第安纳州布卢明顿印第安纳大学保罗·奥尼尔公共与环境事务学院的化学家和杰出教授。他是美国化学会和美国科学促进会的会员，并创办了《美国质谱学会杂志》。他发表了 500 篇文章，并与人合着了多本书，其中包括一本教科书。 Marta Venier 是印第安纳州布卢明顿印第安纳大学保罗·奥尼尔公共与环境事务学院的环境化学家和助理教授。在她的研究中，她采用分析化学和质谱技术来研究室内和室外环境以及消费品中持久性有机污染物（包括遗留污染物和新兴污染物）的归宿、迁移和行为。作者感谢 Mark H. Hermanson 对手稿早期版本的有益讨论。本文引用了 45 篇其他出版物。这篇文章尚未被其他出版物引用。图 1. 阿拉巴马州安尼斯顿南部及周边地区地图（轮廓）。空气采样点用圆点表示，垃圾填埋场用三角形表示，PCB厂点用正方形表示。标出了铁路和主要高速公路。该地图的复制已获得参考文献 (11) 的许可。版权所有 2003 美国化学会。图 2. 伊利诺伊州地图（左）以红色显示圣克莱尔县，圣克莱尔县轮廓图（右）以红色显示伊利诺伊州索吉特。右图中的灰色区域是合并区域。这张地图来自维基百科。就规模而言，伊利诺伊州南北距离约为 660 公里。图 3. 哈德逊河地图。 PCB污染始于北部的哈德逊瀑布和爱德华堡，并延伸至南部的特洛伊。从哈德逊瀑布到布鲁克林的距离约为 320 公里。 (22) 图 4. 印第安纳州布卢明顿西侧地图，显示了三个 PCB 污染的垃圾填埋场、布卢明顿的温斯顿-托马斯废水处理厂（于 1983 年关闭）、位于同一地点的临时储存设施 (ISF)、伊利诺伊州中央污水处理厂Spring (ICS) 处理厂和旧西屋电气（现为 ABB）生产设施。 (32) 地图边界的比例尺为∼10 公里×∼12 公里。拟议的焚烧厂地点位于 ISF 地点以南约 10 公里处。罗恩·海茨 (Ron Hites) 是印第安纳州布卢明顿印第安纳大学保罗·奥尼尔公共与环境事务学院的化学家和杰出教授。他是美国化学会和美国科学促进会的会员，并创办了《美国质谱学会杂志》。他发表了 500 篇文章，并与人合着了多本书，其中包括一本教科书。 Marta Venier 是印第安纳州布卢明顿印第安纳大学保罗·奥尼尔公共与环境事务学院的环境化学家和助理教授。在她的研究中，她采用分析化学和质谱技术来研究室内和室外环境以及消费品中持久性有机污染物（包括遗留污染物和新兴污染物）的归宿、迁移和行为。本文引用了 45 篇其他出版物。