Row over 'radioactive' ship at Alang Oct 14, 2009
The representative of the platform, Gopal Krishna, said the US EPA took legal action against GMS for violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) -- the US law prohibiting export of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a persistent toxic pollutant used in the paints, insulation in older ships. PCBs are now recognized world over for their cancer causing impacts. (India Times)
Congressman Russ Carnahan Pushes Historic Homeowners Revitalization Act of 2009 Oct 12, 2009
" Despite US production being down at 8.5 m units this year, from 12.5 m last year, the car makers should be bullish about the medium term, according to Dr David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research. He told the conference that the structural, labor and inventory changes being made could lead to the most profitable period for carmakers since just after World War II, with lower legacy costs and fewer purchase incentives. Agreement to Enable Environmental Cleanup, Redevelopment of... (Saint Louis Front Page)
Phase 1 of PCB Removal on Hudson Wrapping Up Oct 12, 2009
Hudson River dredging of PCBs wrapping up for year; regulators pleased with work so far ... In this photo made Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, crews dredge a stretch of the Hudson River in Fort Edward, N.Y. Dredging began in May after decades of argument over how to deal with tons of PCBs that flowed down the river after a dam here was removed ... General Electric plants in Fort Edward and neighboring Hudson Falls discharged wastewater containing PCBs for decades before the popular lubricant was banned... (ABC News -- Wire)
State to help fund cleanup Oct 10, 2009
Those efforts drew about $360,000 from the state this week under a program meant to clean up so-called industrial brownfields in the village's struggling downtown, which sits in the shadow of the General Electric facility that decades ago unleashed PCBs and other chemicals into both the river and the land ... A state-ordered cleanup by GE of its capacitor plant in the village on Broadway began in 2003 beneath the parking lot, where up to 144,000 pounds of PCBs were believed to rest. (Albany Times Union)
What Is Killing South African Crocs? Oct 10, 2009
Everything is there, Bouwman says, referring to the detection of DDT, PCBs, dioxins and brominated flame retardants, but nothing is screaming, it s me, it s me, it s me. One possibility could be related to dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria found upstream in the catchment, which might be releasing toxins similar to those that cause red tides in marine environments, says Peter Ashton, a water resources specialist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa and the... (Scientific American)
DEQ reports showing PCBs still found in rivers Oct 3, 2009
Testing of the upper tidal portions of the James and Elizabeth river watersheds shows that significant amounts of PCBs are reaching the rivers from sources on land, according to an ongoing study by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. DEQ is conducting the investigation of PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, to help determine the extent of PCB contamination in the James and Elizabeth rivers ... In the past, PCBs usually were detected in fish tissue or soil. (Brookneal Union Star, VA)
CMS eyes local pollution solutions Oct 3, 2009
David L. Clink wrote on Oct 2, 2009 1:32 PM:" Northern Express The Bay Harbor conundrum Anne Stanton The Bay Harbor conundrum? It all comes down to mercury By Anne Stanton 9/28/09 Some day, an ambitious reporter will write a story about Bay Harbor, a luxurious resort and golf course that emerged from the detritus of an old cement plant. The book would no doubt touch on the backdoor intertwining of politics and money, but this weeks chapter in Express will focus on how key players are trying... (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Contaminated Arsenal site to be passive recreation, says state Oct 2, 2009
Once polychlorinated biphenyl, commonly called PCBs, are cleaned from the nearly 12-acre parcel at 670 Arsenal St., DCR will take over the site for passive recreation, DCR Deputy Chief Engineer Michael Misslin wrote in a Sept. 22 letter to the corps ... Over the summer, the Army Corps released a work plan that outlined another wave of testing for PCBs on the site. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Board: Cleanup at proposed Meijer site in Stevensville should be OK'd (7) Oct 2, 2009
William Farrell, senior project toxicologist for Horizon Environmental in Grand Rapids, said between meetings on Tuesday that the site is contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, better known as PCBs. "It is very extensive at the site," Farrell said. (The Herald-Palladium)
EPA, Hastie reach site cleanup agreement Oct 1, 2009
Major contaminants of concern at the site include cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in soils, and well as trichloroethene (TCE) and other volatile organic compounds in groundwater, the EPA said. kvolkmann@bizjournals. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
EPA tells schools to test aging caulk for PCBs Sep 30, 2009
EPA: Caulk at aging schools may have PCBs ... WASHINGTON - Hundreds of school buildings across the United States have caulk around windows and doors containing potentially cancer-causing PCBs, the Environmental Protection Agency says ... But the agency is telling schools that they should test old caulk and remove it if PCBs turn up in significant amounts. (MSNBC -- Health)
Environmental Chemicals Found In Breast Milk And High Incidence Of Testicular Cancer Sep 26, 2009
"We were very surprised to find that some EDC levels, including some dioxins, PCBs and some pesticides, were significantly higher in Denmark than in Finland," said Professor Niels Skakkebaek, a senior member of the research team, based at the University Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Denmark. "Our findings reinforce the view that environmental exposure to EDCs may explain some of the temporal and between-country differences in incidence of male reproductive disorders.". (Science Daily)
Study: Seattle's Elliott Bay Getting Heathier Sep 26, 2009
PCBs, once widely used in transformers and other industrial applications, have been shown to cause cancer, and their manufacture was banned in 1979. PAHs, formed during the incomplete burning of coal, oil, gas and other organic substances, also have been linked to cancer. (KIRO TV, WA)
More eyes watching the waters Sep 23, 2009
"Things like where the fish are in relation to a power plant cooling water intake, where pollutants are relative to a spill, or for dredging, like what is happening with PCBs now up the river at Fort Edward.". Sensors could even help answer an everyday question that swimmers, fishermen or kayakers often ask: Is the water safe to go into today. (Albany Times Union)
Brookline Recycling Corner Sep 23, 2009
The Recycling Corner is submitted by the Brookline Solid Waste Advisory Committee in conjunction with the Department of Public Works Sanitation Division. Wicked Local Brookline Posted Sep 22, 2009 @ 12:24 PM. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Canals touted as freight alternatives Sep 22, 2009
The Champlain Canal and Hudson River north of Albany are seeing a quadrupling of commercial trips this year, although Mantello quickly added that much of that increase is due to a massive dredging of PCBs from the bottom of the Hudson River. The cleanup, ordered by the Environmental Protection Agency, is being done by General Electric Co.. (Albany Times Union)
New century, new threats Sep 21, 2009
FORT EDWARD -- This summer's dredging of PCBs from the Hudson River reflects a fading echo of the worst abuses from its industrial past. With a small flotilla of barges now scooping up pockets of the oily toxic chemical from the muddy river bottom, it has been decades since that kind of unfettered pollution spilled from factory pipes. (Albany Times Union)
Bare Board keeps sales-driven while targeted Sep 21, 2009
It does not manufacture the products, but rather buys 95 percent of its PCBs from vendors in Taiwan. I joke with people, We don t make a damn thing. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Muddy Waters Sep 19, 2009
(PCBs and TBT are that work their way up the marine food chain and damage the nervous systems of large mammals. . (Slate)
The real truth about so-called scary foods Sep 19, 2009
The bad: Much of the fish on American tables is contaminated with mercury, a neurotoxin that can cause brain damage, and, to a lesser extent, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), industrial pollutants linked to cancer. Children, women in their childbearing years, and those who are pregnant or nursing are considered high risk and need to restrict their intake of high-mercury fish because the heavy metal can interfere with youngsters brain development. (MSNBC -- Health)
Town continues PCB study Sep 19, 2009
Altavista continues to explore options to deal with PCBs at the wastewater treatment plant's emergency overflow pond ... The PCBs at the sewage plant were discovered in 2000 ... Councilman Mike Mattox said he wants the most cost-effective way to deal with PCBs. (Altivista Journal, VA)
Chemical Pollutants Linked to Fewer Female Births Sep 18, 2009
The findings, reported in the journal Environmental Health, add to evidence that the two groups of related chemicals -- polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) -- may affect human reproduction. PBBs were once widely used as flame retardants in plastics, electronic and textiles, while PCBs were used in everything from appliances and fluorescent lighting to insulation and insecticides ... In this study, however, high exposure to PBBs and PCBs was linked to an increase... (MEDLINEplus)
Acreage water OK Sep 17, 2009
Levels of all 29 synthetic organic contaminants tested, such as cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), were too low to even be detected in raw, drinking or irrigation water. As expected, the concentrate coming from the plant showed elevated levels of some substances because it is a concentration of substances removed from larger quantities of raw water. (The Palm Beach Post)
Study: Chemical Pollutants Linked to Fewer Female Births Sep 17, 2009
The findings, reported in the journal Environmental Health, add to evidence that the two groups of related chemicals polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may affect human reproduction. PBBs were once widely used as flame retardants in plastics, electronic and textiles, while PCBs were used in everything from appliances and fluorescent lighting to insulation and insecticides ... In this study, however, high exposure to PBBs and PCBs was linked to an increase in... (Fox News)
Great Lakes Cleanup Could Take 77 Years Sep 16, 2009
The inspector general's report analyzes the government's handling of Great Lakes "areas of concern" - rivers, harbors and other locations where bottomlands are laced with toxic chemicals such as mercury, PCBs and heavy metal wastes. Forty-three of the areas were identified in the late 1980s, including 26 within U.S. territory; 12 entirely within Canada; and five that straddle the border. (CBS News)
State pension fund turning green Sep 15, 2009
One of the first major Silicon Valley firms to invest heavily in clean technology, its partners include Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the New York Riverkeeper, a water protection group based in Tarrytown that pushed for the dredging of PCBs from the Hudson River at Fort Edward. VantagePoint has invested in the electric car infrastructure company Better Place, the solar-thermal tech maker BrightSource Energy, and the waste-recovery companies Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies and Ze-Gen. (Albany Times Union)
2009 Heinz Award recipients Sep 15, 2009
Dr. Ricke's research into neurotoxicology, the study of the interactions has demonstrated that early exposure to major environmental pollutants -- lead, methylmercury and PCBs -- can plant the seeds for later deficits in cognitive, sensory and motor function. Joel Salatin, 52, Polyface Farm, Swoope, Va. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'Intersex' Bass Widespread In U.S. Rivers Sep 15, 2009
Such compounds are chemical stressors that have the ability to affect the endocrine system and include pesticides, PCBs, heavy metals, household compounds such as laundry detergent and shampoo, and many pharmaceuticals. Yet other study sites with high occurrence of intersex were on rivers with dense human populations or industrial and agricultural activities, which are more generally associated with endocrine-active compounds. (Science Daily)
US paying recyclers to take merchant ships Sep 13, 2009
But rising environmental concerns, including public awareness of the hazards presented by PCBs in shipboard components, placed new scrutiny on the practice. In the mid-1990s, a prohibition on exporting PCBs effectively meant no more ships could be sent overseas. (Boston Globe)
EPA should tackle PCBs, ASAP Sep 12, 2009
BANNED since 1976 as a possible carcinogen, PCBs are still around, in everything from fluorescent lights to electrical transformers ... While the US Environmental Protection Agency paid too little attention during the Bush administration, the agency is expected soon to determine a threshold level of unsafe air and provide guidelines for dealing with PCBs from caulking and other sources ... The PCBs collect in the flesh of fish, making them unsafe to eat. (Boston Globe)
PCBs Are Declining In The Housatonic Sep 11, 2009
GE used PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, as an insulating material in electrical equipment and discharged them into the river until they were banned in 1977. PCBs have been shown to cause liver cancer and other health problems. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Threat Down Below: Polluted Caves Endanger Water Supplies, Wildlife Sep 9, 2009
SURPRISE SAMPLE: Geologists found high levels of PCBs in samples they took from Beacon Cave in West Virginia ... So Virginia environmental officials were stunned when routine sampling turned up something disturbing: Carp in the river were loaded with industrial compounds called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. (Scientific American)
US Oceanic Fish Farming is Underway Sep 8, 2009
They also house drastically higher levels of dioxin (a toxic pollutant that stays in the body, according the , for 7 to 11 years), (PCBs) and other carcinogens than do wild salmon. These farmed fish, potentially contaminated like the farmed salmon, escape occasionally, and by doing so, infect wild fish populations. (Suite101.com)
Older New England schools have toxic caulking Sep 7, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the caulk contains high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, that can be released into the air if the caulking deteriorates. PCBs were banned in the late 1970s because of potential cancer risks ... Public health researchers haven't yet determined the health effects of the PCBs in the caulking. (Concord Monitor)
Transformers with PCBs are harmful to Human Health - EPA Sep 4, 2009
Accra, Sept. 3, GNA - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has started a programme to eliminate transformers and capacitors that contain a chemical called Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) which has been identified as harmful to human health. The PCBs are a kind of oil found in transformers and capacitors, and are usually used in the industrial sector ... Mr Daniel Amlalo, Deputy Executive Director at the Environmental Protection Agency, explained that Ghana had signed an international... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Hazardous waste drop off planned Sep 4, 2009
Latex paint, refuse, radioactive waste, recyclables (bottles, cans and paper), smoke detectors, biological waste, ammunition, explosives, fire extinguishers, leaves/brush, oil filters, syringes, propane tanks, televisions/CRT monitors, gas cylinders, organic peroxides, PCBs, medical waste, asbestos, lithium batteries, used motor oil, septage, pharmaceuticals. Related Stories Loading additional related stories. (Wakefield Observer, MA)
U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson reiterates support for reform, but not 'national health care' Sep 3, 2009
Johnson also was asked what he thought of Peoria Disposal Co.'s application for a permit to store waste containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at Clinton Landfill. "I have received numerous communications from local citizens on this subject and I have expressed those concerns and my own concerns that this is a serious issue for this area," Johnson said. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
TMDL Projects Underway, New Approach to Cost Sharing Explored (54) Sep 3, 2009
Because impaired bodies of water pose potential health risks due to excessive levels of phosphorous, sediment, PCBs, mercury and other pollutants. A key part of surface water repair plans are Total Maximum Daily Loads or TMDLs, the determined value of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can receive while still meeting water quality standards. (Agri-View, WI)
TTM Technologies, Inc. Announces Closure of Hayward and Los Angeles Facilities Sep 2, 2009
TTM will transfer PCB production from the Los Angeles facility to other company sites in California, Utah and Wisconsin, providing an uninterrupted supply of PCBs to customers of the Los Angeles facility ... TTM Technologies, Inc. is North America's largest printed circuit board manufacturer, focusing on quick-turn and technologically advanced PCBs and the backplane and sub-system assembly business. (Primezone Releases)
Cancer in Wildlife May Signal Toxic Dangers Aug 28, 2009
These pollutants, including PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) and the pesticide , build up in the environment and accumulate in the fatty tissues of wildlife. Called POPs, these compounds contribute to cancers in a variety of ways. (Scientific American)
More PCB testing to be done at Watertowns Arsenal site Aug 28, 2009
A work plan released on Monday outlined the Army Corps plan to do continued soil testing of the site to find out how widespread the PCBs are. A prior study showed the contamination didn t go deeper than three feet. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Zoning Board Vote Moves Cedar Trail Settlement One Step Closer To Final Approval Aug 27, 2009
Raulerson asked who would monitor a limitation on industrial wastes containing up to 50 parts per million of cancer-causing PCBs ... The city can go out and pull spot checks on any items in the agreement, he added, including concentration of PCBs. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
Pa. DEP sues former landfill owners for cleanup Aug 25, 2009
DEP sues former landfill owners for cleanup - Somerset - Daily American. The Boldan Landfill operated in an abandoned strip mine in Westmoreland County from 1962 to 1970. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
A foul mix into our air Aug 24, 2009
But two years of records from the state Department of Environmental Conservation show potentially disturbing trends stemming from the unstable and erratic hodgepodge of waste being burned, which includes PCBs and a host of dangerous chemicals. And while company officials won't say how much money the plant derives from burning waste, an analysis based on EPA records and average incineration rates suggest that the Norlite could be taking in $17 million a year or more, or nearly $180 million since... (Albany Times Union)
New nontoxic, high-density shotgun ammunition is pricey and complicated Aug 23, 2009
New York wildlife officials have identified unhealthy levels of PCBs in mergansers sampled from the Lake Erie area. A consumption advisory has been issued on mergansers -- don't eat them no matter where they were taken. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
State regulator uses burn plant Aug 23, 2009
EPA records indicate that a number of customers -- including the state Health Department's Wadsworth Labs -- sent PCBs to be burned. The state, however, denied that was the case: "The report from EPA is not accurate in terms of PCBs. Wadsworth did not send PCBs to Norlite as part of its shipments in 2007," said DOH spokesman Jeffrey Hammond. (Albany Times Union)
As Arctic opens, US must act Aug 21, 2009
The pollutants, PCBs, DDT and dioxins, are carried to the Arctic by wind and water currents; there they accumulate in the ice and tissues of marine mammals and fish. America is an Arctic nation, thanks to Alaska. (Anchorage Daily News)
Disease Risks When Moving Wildlife To New Areas: Endangered Laysan Duck Cautionary Tale Aug 20, 2009
9, 2006) As long-lived predators at the top of the marine food chain, albatrosses accumulate toxic contaminants such as PCBs, DDT, and mercury in their bodies. A new study has found dramatic differences in. (Science Daily)
Increasing orders from Penang electronic sector to continue Aug 19, 2009
The orders for our printed circuit boards (PCBs) products in the second quarter, secured by the groups operations in Suzhou, came largely from Korean and Japanese MNCs operating in China, Hng noted. Globetronics Technology Bhd chief financial officer Ng Kok Choon said the groups business for the third quarter was expected to improve compared to the second quarter. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Crews Tear out Remnants of Old N.Y. Fort Aug 15, 2009
G.E. Crews were Removing PCBs from Hudson River ... (AP) Crews dredging PCBs from the Hudson River have ripped away remnants of what was once Britain's largest fort in Colonial America ... General Electric is dredging PCBs from the river bottom as part of a $750 million cleanup project. (CBS News)
Hudson dredging resumes -- slowly Aug 12, 2009
FORT EDWARD -- Dredging of PCBs from the Hudson River resumed Tuesday after high levels of the chemical stirred up in the river prompted a four-day shutdown ... PCBs are linked to cancer in animals. (Albany Times Union)
THE DREDGING DEBACLE Aug 11, 2009
Further upriver, it's hard to know whether to laugh or cry over news that a dredging project has been halted because it's spreading PCBs ... Friday, officials halted work after finding "excess" PCBs near Thompson Island Dam ... Still, if there is any danger, dredging may well make matters worse by "resuspending" the PCBs -- a point we've made for years. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Researchers look for signs of contamination in Hanford-area fish Aug 10, 2009
Those include isotopes of plutonium and uranium, metals and PCBs. The Washington State Department of Health has been hired to do quality assurance work for the study, and could choose to send some of the samples to be tested independently. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Navy cleans vieques, but suspicions remain Aug 8, 2009
The EPA says that the hazardous substances associated with ordnance that may be present in Vieques include TNT, napalm, depleted uranium, mercury, lead and other chemicals, including PCBs ... The EPA says that the hazardous substances associated with ordnance that may be present in Vieques include TNT, napalm, depleted uranium, mercury, lead and other chemicals, including PCBs. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Editorial: A good deed leads to fine Aug 7, 2009
Its headline: Willamette YMCA and Pape Truck Leasing Inc. fined 22,000 for improper storage of PCBs ... The property housed a furnace along with related electrical equipment, including two transformers and 43 capacitors that contained high levels of PCBs. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Vandalism leads to EPA fine for YMCA Aug 6, 2009
The vandalism caused a 30-gallon oil spill that contained polychlorinated bi-phenyls (PCBs) ... EPA inspections led to the fines, which included 20,000 in penalties against Pap; for improper storage of PCBs in an industrial building ... The property had an industrial furnace and related pieces of equipment that contained high levels of PCBs, according to the EPA. Pap; (as IFCO) did not properly notify EPA that they were handling and storing the equipment. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Environmental Protection Agency penalizes Albany YMCA Aug 6, 2009
The site featured an industrial furnace and related pieces of equipment, including two transformers and 43 capacitors that contained high levels of PCBs ... In December 2006, the YMCA reported a spill of more than 30 gallons of oil containing PCBs at greater than 500 parts per million. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Begich introduces package of Arctic bills Aug 5, 2009
PCBs, DDT, dioxin and fire retardants are carried by wind and sea currents to the Arctic, trapped in ice and stored in fatty tissues of fish and marine mammals, he said. Officials from two environmental organizations praised Begich for pushing research in a national discussion managing Arctic resources. (Juneau Empire)
DEQ study shows drop in PCBs Aug 5, 2009
Some die-hard fishermen asked for answers during Thursday's public meeting with Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) when the department was in Brookneal seeking public comment on the draft pollutant study report for PCBs in the Roanoke River watershed. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, in the Roanoke River watershed have been troublesome for years ... PCBs are chemicals that were used in electrical transformers and other equipment until the late 1970s and can remain in the... (Brookneal Union Star, VA)
Currents blamed in PCB spike Aug 5, 2009
FORT EDWARD -- Federal officials blamed strong river currents Tuesday for unsafe levels of PCBs in the Hudson River over the weekend near where the toxic chemical is being dredged from the river bottom ... A longtime dredging opponent said rising average PCB levels since dredging show that EPA underestimated the potential for PCBs to be stirred up by dredging, a phenomenon known as resuspension ... EPA is overseeing $460 million project by General Electric Co., which for some three decades... (Albany Times Union)
EPA fines Y over storage of PCB Aug 5, 2009
The federal Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it was fining the YMCA in Albany for improper storage of PCBs in an industrial building donated to it in 2003 ... The property featured an industrial furnace and related pieces of equipment, including two transformers and 43 capacitors that contained high levels of PCBs ... In December 2006, the YMCA reported a spill of more than 30 gallons of oil containing PCBs at greater than 500 parts per million (ppm) at the facility. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Begich introduces package of bills related to the Arctic Aug 4, 2009
PCBs, DDT, dioxin and fire retardants are carried by wind and sea currents to the Arctic, trapped in ice and stored in fatty tissues of fish and marine mammals, he said. Officials from two environmental organizations praised Begich for pushing research in a national discussion about managing Arctic resources. (Anchorage Daily News)
- Viewpoint: Writing new story for the New River (2) Aug 1, 2009
The New River is quite literally a stew of health-threatening pathogens and dangerous contaminants, including tuberculosis, encephalitis, polio, typhoid, copper, DDT, mercury and PCBs, to name just a few. For too long it has threatened community health and safety and impeded economic development in Calexico. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
PCB levels rise; river work slowed Aug 1, 2009
Welcome to the epicenter of the nation's largest Superfund project, The estimated $460 million undertaking began in May after years of wrangling over whether removing toxic PCBs would restore the river or just spread the problem around -- a phenomenon known as resuspension. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is overseeing work by General Electric Co., which for some three decades released polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, into the river from plants in Hudson Falls and Fort Edward ...... (Albany Times Union)
Former Bouchard Junkyard gets clean bill of health Jul 31, 2009
PCBs, polychlorinated biphenyl, belong to a broad family of man-made organic chemicals known as chlorinated hydrocarbons. PCBs were domestically manufactured for commercial and electrical products until they were banned in the late 1970s ... According to a July 28, 2008 article in the Register-Star, since the start of the investigation of the site, more than 1,000 samples of soil, sediment and groundwater had been taken by DEC officials, where it was learned that levels of PCBs and toxins... (Hudson Register Star, NY)
