Whither PCBs?

PCBs were widely used for decades until it was realized they posed serious health threats. Bans stopped their use, but their presence remains. In 2009 General Electric began dredging PCBs from the Hudson River.

As the first phase of the PCB clean-up draws to a close, Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, gives the PCB backstory from the lab to the manufacutring plant. Then Duke alum David Rosoff picks up the story, explaining A to Z of the Hudson River dredging project.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Duke University
• PCBs
• Hudson River
• dredging
• General Electric
• Pyranol
• Superfund
• toxic waste site
• fish contamination
• Toxic Substances Control ACt

[TheGreenPlague]

@k9feces Agreed, the EPA is actually lead by the same people who own Monsanto, and other corporations. These people work for the chemical manufacturers, GMO producers, and others that distribute chemicals into our enviornment, THEN they take seats in the FDA chair positions, and EPA, changing law and regulation to empower their companies. These people are all about profit. Border line evil. Escambia bay, Pensacola Florida the newest victim. These guys need to be shut down, period.

[k9feces]

Thanks to the dredging of the river PCB's are in my drinking water. EPA are totally incompetant, Dredging lasted for a few months before the project was shut down.

[Paint00076]

You can float down metal mesh containers full of plastic debries. The PCB's will leach onto the plastic. Take the metal mesh out of the water after a certain amout of time than you will have plastic with PCB's on it. You can throw that plastic into land fills in Texas.

[jeremyjustforfun1]

very informative. was curious on the subject. glad to have found your video :)

[baja30]

This is an informative and educational program. I have my PHD in science and i found that these chemicals are a great hazard to our enviroment. I can now safely say that all the stuff I just wrote is complete BS