Hudson River Pcb Contamination Cleanup
Ge pcbs in the hudson 1947 to 1977 ge discharged as much as 1 3 million pounds of pcbs from its capacitor manufacturing plants at the hudson falls and fort edward facilities into the hudson river.
Hudson river pcb contamination cleanup. Under superfund a federal program to clean up hazardous waste ge could be held responsible for its pollution of the hudson river and may have to pay clean up costs. The worst pcb hotspots are targeted for remediation by removing and disposing of more than 2 6 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment. Epa to require more clean up of toxic pcb contamination in the hudson river. This 150 mile reach of river was never fully investigated by epa even though epa has identified human health and ecological risks associated with ge s pcbs in fish at levels well above epa s acceptable risk range.
Dumped an estimated 1 3 million. The 2018 report analyzed 10 153 samples of surface water from 200 miles of hudson river flowing from hudson falls to the battery in lower manhattan. The hudson river pcb polychlorinated biphenyls cleanup is one of the largest environmental cleanups in modern history. December 15 2017 mark izeman.
Hudson river pcb update march 2006. The federal environmental protection agency epa is currently reconsidering a superfund clean up of hudson river pcb contamination. Hudson river fish advisories. Statement to the new york academy of sciences ny nj harbor consortium by hudson river sloop clearwater regarding hudson river pcbs.
Full pcb clean up of the hudson river. Learn about new york state health advisories on eating hudson river fish. Chemicals in hudson river fish can harm your health even if the fish look healthy and the water looks clean. The state is also calling on epa to start its investigation of the lower hudson river and fully evaluate pcb impacts of contamination from the troy dam south to new york city.
From 1947 to 1977 general electric co. In 2001 after a ten year study of pcb contamination in the hudson river epa proposed a plan to clean up the river by dredging more than 100 000 pounds 45 000 kg of pcbs. Pcbs left behind in the hudson river after a cleanup project by general electric co. Hudson river remains contaminated new report says.