News & Events
… Josh Verleun, Riverkeeper Attorney & Chief Investigator. “The toxic legacy of coal tar,
PCBs, pesticides, and other contamination of the Gowanus can only be cleaned through a …
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Hudson River
… hundreds of tributaries feed the flow. Whether it’s forcing General Electric to clean up its
PCBs, or stopping a home owner from filling in wetlands, it’s our responsibility to protect …
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News & Events
… today the decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resume dredging of
PCBs around Fort Edward, NY with enhanced engineering controls at dredging locations to reduce …
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Campaigns & Cases
… 1938 – General Electric (GE) considered dropping the use of polychlorinated biphenyls (
PCBs) because a study revealed health and safety problems, but they did not. 1947 to 1977 – …
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News & Events
… so far, EPA and GE are reporting no violations of Performance Standards for the resuspension of
PCBs (500 parts per trillion, which is the EPA drinking water standard). Due to Riverkeeper …
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Water Quality
PCBS Between 1947 and 1977, General Electric dumped an estimated 1.3 million pounds of …
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Water Quality
… Sewage is just one of the pollutants found in the Hudson River Estuary. Other pollutants include
PCBs, radioactive contaminants such as tritium and strontium-90, nutrients such as nitrogen and …
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Campaigns & Cases
… been an environmental blight with migrating contaminants including petroleum compounds, metals,
PCBs, and VOCs. Since 2001, Riverkeeper boat captain John Lipscomb has observed the refuse strewn, …
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Water Quality
… include analysis of water or soil contamination that may result from polychlorinated biphenyls (
PCBs), radioactivity, mercury, heavy metals, or other industrial contaminants. Learn More How We …
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About Us
… of water quality testing Working to Protect the Hudson River’s Fish Population GE’s
PCBS: Dredging Begins but the Battle Continues Drugs in our Drinking Water Industrial Gas Drilling …
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