top of page

Blog
Search


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...
Dec 23, 20171 min read


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...
Dec 23, 20171 min read


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...
Dec 23, 20171 min read


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...
Dec 23, 20171 min read


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...
Dec 22, 20171 min read


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
Dec 22, 20171 min read


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...
Dec 22, 20171 min read


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...
Dec 22, 20171 min read


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]...
Dec 22, 20171 min read
bottom of page