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A report by Perth and Kinross Council’s (PKC) chief executive Thomas Glen admitted floodgates at the North Inch were not closed in time during the extreme weather event on the weekend of October 7 and 8. DBS collected from NSP is a valuable resource for studying exposure of newborns to environmental chemicals and for studying temporal trends with exposure to environmental chemicals in newborns. In this study, a gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry method with ultrasonic extraction was successfully applied for the analysis of PCBs and OCPs in DBS samples. This study presents the first evidence of temporal trends of these compounds in DBS specimens collected from newborns during the past two decades. A significant reduction in blood concentrations of PCBs and p,p′-DDE was found between 1997 and 2011. The method developed in this study is applied for a population-based birth cohort with a focus on environmental chemical exposure, couple fertility and children’s health ( Louis et al. 2014). Breivik K, Vestreng V, Rozovskaya O, Pacyna J. Atmospheric emissions of some POPs in Europe: a discussion of existing inventories and data needs. Environmental Science and Policy. 2006; 9(7–8):663–674. [ Google Scholar] Live Active Leisure chief executive Paul Cromwell said: “Obviously we have experienced floods at Bell’s. That’s widely known. Our last most significant one was 2020 which as everyone will remember was described as a one in 100-year flood – but here we are again.” It seems quite apparent that the failure to close the floodgates – as the precaution they are meant to be – is a major factor not just for Bell’s but for surrounding residential properties.”The Conservative Blairgowrie and Glens councillor said: “We all know that in events such as this, water can come from overwhelmed drains as well as from rivers – but the amount of damage here cannot be attributed to drains.