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… Josh Verleun, Riverkeeper Attorney & Chief Investigator. “The toxic legacy of coal tar, PCBs, pesticides, and other contamination of the Gowanus can only be cleaned through a … Read More

… hundreds of tributaries feed the flow. Whether it’s forcing General Electric to clean up its PCBs, or stopping a home owner from filling in wetlands, it’s our responsibility to protect … Read More

… today the decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resume dredging of PCBs around Fort Edward, NY with enhanced engineering controls at dredging locations to reduce … Read More

… 1938 – General Electric (GE) considered dropping the use of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) because a study revealed health and safety problems, but they did not. 1947 to 1977 – … Read More

… so far, EPA and GE are reporting no violations of Performance Standards for the resuspension of PCBs (500 parts per trillion, which is the EPA drinking water standard). Due to Riverkeeper … Read More

PCBS Between 1947 and 1977, General Electric dumped an estimated 1.3 million pounds of … Read More

… Sewage is just one of the pollutants found in the Hudson River Estuary. Other pollutants include PCBs, radioactive contaminants such as tritium and strontium-90, nutrients such as nitrogen and … Read More

… been an environmental blight with migrating contaminants including petroleum compounds, metals, PCBs, and VOCs. Since 2001, Riverkeeper boat captain John Lipscomb has observed the refuse strewn, … Read More

… include analysis of water or soil contamination that may result from polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), radioactivity, mercury, heavy metals, or other industrial contaminants. Learn More How We … Read More