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The ABCs of PCBs -

February 3rd, 2009 No Comments

This is the story of Berkshire County’s experience with PCBs, a man-made toxic chemical that was used by the General Electric Company (GE) in its transformer and capacitor divisions in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.PDF file
http://www.housatonic-river.com/hri-pcb.pdf

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