Usually means: Industrial chemicals, environmentally persistent pollutants.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (polychlorinated biphenyl)

noun:  (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds formed by the chlorination of the hydrocarbon biphenyl; they have many industrial applications but are now considered persistent organic pollutants.

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