Article: United states : Expand cleanup of pcbs in ...
TendersInfo;  October 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... river's bottom. This sediment contains PCBs, polychlorinated biphenyls, dumped into ... this is the best way to ensure fewer PCBs enter the food chain. Dredging nearly ... north of Albany, as well as stirring more PCBs up from the river bottom. That latter ...

Article: United States: IDEM probes release of PCBs ...
TendersInfo;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... release of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, on June 7 after Pfizer workers reported ... his well tested. An initial test showed PCBS, he said, but a week later, they were ... incident, we want them to give us a call." PCBs once were used in a variety of U.S ...

Article: EPA changes policy on PCBs and land sales.(United ...
Chemical Week;  September 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The agency will now allow sale of PCB ... use. Owners of land contaminated with PCBs had been required to remediate the land ... Act (TSCA) prohibits the trafficking of PCBs, and EPA had considered the sale of contaminated ...

Article: United States: GE dredging of PCBs in Hudson ...
TendersInfo;  May 14, 2009 ;     590 words ...Byline: sandesh03 Dredging for PCBs in the Hudson River is set to begin Friday after decades of arguments ... in 2002. General Electric Co. discharged wastewater containing PCBs _ a probable carcinogen _ into the Hudson before the substance was ...

Article: Solutia's stock drops on Q2 warning; PCBs trial clouds ...
Chemical Week;  July 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... September and will determine whether the company is liable for the residents' health problems allegedly caused by exposure to the PCBs contamination (CW, April 16, 2003, p. 10). Another class-action suit filed by residents that live farther from the plant ...

Article: United States: PCBs to be placed in ...
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Article: PCBs
Encyclopedia of Public Health;      700+ words ... ... deliberations. The United States banned the manufacture of PCBs in 1977, but PCB ... causing pockets of PCBs to be stirred up and ... ecosystem food chain. The United States Food and Drug Administration ... allowable tolerances for PCBs in a variety of foods ...