PCB Clean-up at GE’s Hudson Falls plant site.

Hudson River PCB Update - March 2006

Statement to the New York Academy of Sciences NY/NJ Harbor Consortium by Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and Scenic Hudson regarding Hudson River PCBs

 

Comment on USEPA Quality of Life Performance Standards for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site

 
Hudson River PCB Internet References

EPA issues final Record of Decision on Hudson River PCBs

EPA Says Clean-up the Hudson River!
 
Read Clearwater’s Public Comment on EPA’s Plan for the Hudson River
start with the Executive Summary or the Conclusion and Recommendations.
 
The PCB Community Resource Guide

Statement of Ethics and Recommended Action from the PCB Colloquium

What Are The Human Health Effects Of PCBs?

Environmental Dredging

News, Bulletins and Fact Sheets

Dredging Works: The Plattsburgh PCB Cleanup

Don’t be Misled by GE’s Multimillion Dollar Media Blitz

Frequently Asked Questions about PCBs

In 1929, the Monsanto corporation began manufacturing an amber oily fluid formed of two bound carbon rings bristling with chlorine atoms. The new fluid was called polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCB. Its chemistry is similar to other members of the organochlorine family, such as dioxins and furans, among the most potent toxins known. Soon, the General Electric corporation was heavily invested in a line of products based on PCBs. Since then, over one million pounds of PCBs have been ‘discharged’ into the Hudson River. G.E. maintains that these discharges were legal. According to leading scientists Dr. Theo Colborn, Dr. J. P. Myers and Dr. David Carpenter, the noncancer impact of PCBs can be summed up as diminishing the human potential of future generations.

The Hudson River PCB Story: a Toxic Heritage is a video to inform you or your classroom about the serious issue of PCB contamination in the Hudson River. You can view the film and order it directly online from this page. Winner of a Bronze Medal 1998 Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. Produced and directed by Tobe Carey. Made possible by a grant from the W. Alton Jones Foundation.

Anatomy of a Toxic Spill: The Hudson River PCB Story is a slideshow on the Web that will tell you the whole story, from the first production of PCBs to the current situation, and what we can do to change it. Please take a few minutes and watch the slideshow. We produced this slideshow with support from the W. Alton Jones Foundation. It includes video stills from The Hudson River PCB Story: a Toxic Heritage.