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PROCTOR, Vt. (WCAX) - All eyes are on Vermont as the state embarks on a first-in-the-nation program to rid school buildings statewide of PCBs. Triggered by the discovery of the toxic chemical at the ...
General Electric Co. will begin sampling PCB-laden soil in the Hudson River as early as next month under an agreement the company reached with federal environmental officials. But GE has only ...
SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. >> Plans call for taking 400 Hudson River floodplain samples to determine if potentially harmful levels of PCBs exist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials said Thursday.
The U.S. Geological Survey surveyed the area in 2019 and confirmed the pollution findings. The USGS determined "there could be more than one current source of PCBs to the lower Clinton River, ...
OTSEGO, MI — Scientists were trudging across the muddy ground around Pine Creek Wednesday, sampling soils from what by next week will be lake bottom again. "They’ll be looking for mostly PCBs ...
The Environmental Protection Agency will test additional fish in the Gunpowder River watershed for contamination with PCBs following a lawsuit from the Gunpowder Riverkeeper. According to a settlement ...
A bill that would put a pause on Vermont’s PCB school testing program has advanced to the state Senate.
MOREAU, N.Y. – The water was perfectly still, reflecting the autumn leaves dangling overhead. A mallard duck fished tail-side-up for food near the river’s shore. Nature, at least, was oblivious to the ...