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- Dec 23, 2017
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How do polychlorinated biphenyls (or PCBs) get into our river systems?
How do polychlorinated biphenyls (or PCBs) get into our river systems?
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- Dec 23, 2017
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How are PCB transported in the environment?
How are PCB transported in the environment? In surface waters, PCBs are present in substantial quantities in sediments. Indeed, PCBs tend...
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- Dec 23, 2017
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Shocking’ levels of PCB chemicals in UK killer whale Lulu
Banned since the 70’s, yet, PCBs still impacting our marine ecosystem. https://lnkd.in/e7vkUNK …..Read More
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- Dec 23, 2017
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EPA will not require General Electric to dredge more pollution from Hudson River
Instead of moving the goal posts, EPA should try to meet its own goals by mandating additional remediation.” – Paul Gallay, President,...
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- Dec 23, 2017
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Activists clash with Rep. Visclosky over East Chicago waste storage
“Protecting the people is the number one priority…the health of the people.” – Rev. Cheryl Rivera While Rep. Visclosky stands by his...
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- Dec 23, 2017
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Measured approach needed with PCB cleanup
“I advocate for a measured approach. PCBs were released into the river starting in 1947 and that practice continued until 1977. I became...
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- Dec 23, 2017
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Alabama Public Health department releases advisories on fish consumption
The ADPH has released an advisory against eating over 600 species of fish from 48 locations across Alabama. If PCB pollution continues...
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- Dec 23, 2017
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EPA asks for input on Kalamazoo River cleanup
EPA has asked for community input and comments on its proposal for a PCB cleanup along a 1.8 mile stretch of Area 2 of the Kalamazoo...
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- Dec 23, 2017
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Some PCBs remain at fill pile following cleanup
“Material will continue to be removed, and soil samples tested, though a time frame for that is not yet available.” Capping and dredging...
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- Dec 23, 2017
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EPA to hold meeting in NYC on Hudson River cleanup review
“The meeting will be held in Manhattan on August 19th to discuss [EPA’s] recent review of how well the $1.7 billion dredging project is...
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- Dec 23, 2017
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Fish Contaminated With Mercury and PCBs At East Bay Reservoir
“OEHHA” director Lauren Zeise said in a statement, ‘By following our guidelines for fish caught at Lafayette Reservoir, people can safely...
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- Dec 22, 2017
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Dredging of Indiana Harbor Ship Canal underway
As of September 30th, dredging has resumed as part of a US Army Corps of Engineer’s project along the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal….Read...
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- Dec 22, 2017
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The E.P.A.’s Top 10 Toxic Threats, and Industry’s Pushback
A list of the 10 most toxic chemicals rated by the EPA, and the push back by their various industries to keep them on the market….Read More
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- Dec 22, 2017
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Greenland Ice Sheet Likely Contains High Levels Of Anthropogenic Pollutants
PCBs and PAHs have become so wide-spread they are now infecting environments essentially free of mass industrialization. Greenland’s ice...
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- Dec 22, 2017
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Environmentalists prepare to pack PCB clean-up meeting
Despite spending six years and $1.7 billion dollars on dredging a 40-mile stretch of the Hudson River in upstate New York, PCB levels in...
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- Dec 22, 2017
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LETTER: Scenic Hudson says speak up to EPA to save PCB-polluted Hudson River
“[EPA’s] own five-year review report states that GE’s cleanup doesn’t currently protect the health of the public or the [Hudson]...
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- Dec 22, 2017
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Toxic sediment dredge at issue
“Residents have said the proposed 22-foot-deep dredge should be deeper to address the more highly contaminated sediments below the...
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- Dec 22, 2017
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Contamination at Horwich Loco Works will be sorted before homes are built – Bolton Council
“They are building on the least contaminated area first. There isn’t much contamination where [the first 112] houses are.” Would you want...
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- Dec 22, 2017
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Shenango River water declared safe to drink
“Concerns were raised Tuesday after a release was issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania...
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