Dredging Hudson River at Fort Edward, New York State, to clean up PCB contamination caused by General Electric dumping 1947-77
From the EPA website: "From approximately 1947 to 1977, the General Electric Company (GE) discharged as much as million pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from its capacitor manufacturing plants at the Hudson Falls and Fort Edward facilities into the Hudson River. The primary health risk associated with the site is the accumulation of PCBs in the human body through eating contaminated fish. Since 1976, high levels of PCBs in fish have led New York State to close various recreational and commercial fisheries and to issue advisories restricting the consumption of fish caught in the Hudson River. PCBs are considered probable human carcinogens and are linked to other adverse health effects such as low birth weight, thyroid disease, and learning, memory, and immune system disorders. PCBs in the river sediment also affect fish and wildlife."
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Location: Adirondacks, New York State
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