THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING
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November 27, 2006

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A LOWLY WORM might finally be the agent that cleanses rivers and harbors of polychlorinated biphenyls, the suspected carcinogens that until the late 1970s were widely used as insulating fluids in transformers and other products. (Full article: 438 words)

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