For decades, a lot of electrical equipment contained chemicals known as PCBs-- polychlorinated biphenyls -- because they didn’t burn easily, and could act as insulation. But some 30 years ago, ...

A recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation revealed lax safety standards at the Fox River PCB cleanup site – the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) - General Electric asked a federal judge to order an upstate utility to help foot the bill for cleaning the Hudson River of massive contamination with PCBs. GE has been dredging ...

OLYMPIA – A bipartisan effort to rid the Spokane River of harmful chemicals is the latest step in the decadeslong quest to clean Washington’s waterways. Sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig ...

Three pen-style PCB cleaning tools from MicroCare remove RMA (rosin mildly activated), OA (organic acid), no-clean, and lead-free flux residue quickly and safely from PCBs. The three flux-removing ...

Reduce PCB surface water and sediment concentrations by addressing PCB sources in sediment and soil to advance future compliance with water quality standards in Massachusetts and Connecticut and ...

A major stretch of the Housatonic River in Massachusetts is set to be cleaned up over the next few years, after it was ...

The Hudson River has been the dumping ground for over 1.3 million pounds of Polychlorinated Biphenyls. The PCBs were a waste product from General Electric’s manufacturing process for transformers that ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. East of Spokane, Washington, the ghost of decades-old industrial pollution still ...