Dear Friends of the Housatonic River, The General Electric Company has issued its 2010 Corrective Measures Study for the Housatonic River. In it GE lays out several proposals for cleaning the river from Pittsfield south to Woods Pond. The approach GE favors is to do nothing, claiming that the Housatonic is “flourishing” and that a [...]
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G.E.: Clean Our Contaminated River
When It Comes To Cleaning Up Pcbs, Ge Says Less Is More. We Say More Is More. . Why? Because Pcbs Cause Disease In Fish, Ducks, Mink And People. Dr. David Carpenter, a neurotoxicologist and professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Toxicology in the School of Public Health at State University of New [...]