In a recent article, HRI co-founder Mickey Friedman writes that Massachusetts Congressman John Olver, Sen. Scott Brown, General Electric, and officials at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs are all “… trying to intervene in EPA’s internal process and delay a cleanup decision for the “Rest of the River.” The “Rest of the River” [...]
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Reasons to protect wildlife and support a clean up
Reasons to protect wildlife and support a clean up Housatonic River fish have some of the highest levels of PCBs ever recorded A study from the 1990’s revealed large intakes of PCBs above safe eating levels into 6 month old “young of the year” perch A wood duck tested from the Housatonic [...]