Americans Rivers, a Washington based environmental group, issued a report in April naming the Housatonic River as #7 on its list of America’s ten Most Endangered Rivers. HRI nominated the river to bring more attention to the upcoming decision by the USEPA to determine whether more of the river should be cleaned of the PCBs [...]
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USEPA and General Electric has started the Corrective Measures Study
HRI believes we need to achieve the best possible PCB clean up in the Housatonic River as possible. The “rest of river” area has some of the highest PCB levels in sediment, fish, and waterfowl in the country! PCBs are one of the most pervasive chemicals in the world’s food chain. The EPA may be [...]