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 that continue to make the river a toxic waterway.
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The Visualization of PCB Contamination in the Housatonic River Sediment, to view an animated flyby
showing the location, depth and concentrations of PCB sediments, click this image:
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