PCB, or polychlorinated biophenyl. are considered probable carcinogens. GE plants in Fort Edward and neighboring Hudson Falls, NY, discharged waste water containing PCBs for decades before the lubricant and coolant was banned in 1977.
GE is now in the process of dredging of the Hudson river to remove the PCB contaminated sediments from the river. The EPA wants a total of 2.65 million cubic yards of sediments removed from the river. It is a five-year project on 40 miles of river north of Albany that the regulators want to be cleaned up.
"The completion of the first phase of dredging, while not without problems, has gone very well and is moving us closer to achieving the goal of a cleaner Hudson River," EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck said in a release. "The problems in Phase 1 will be addressed during the careful scientific review, which is now underway."
Source: Michael Hill, Associated Press.
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