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Paths of Pollution: PCBs and the Great Lakes
As industries began to proliferate around the Great Lakes and its tributaries, contamination also began to accumulate in its waters. PCBs, which do not biodegrade, were routinely discharged into the environment before scientific evidence revealed th...
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Paths of Pollution: Great Lakes: The Problem of Cross-Contamination
Areas that are not directly contaminated by industrial pollutants can be cross-contaminated through the migration of fish and water fowl. The Wold River is such a spot.
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Paths of Pollution: Cleaning Up the Fox River
The potentially responsible parties for the discharge of PCBs into the Fox River-the companies along the Fox River-propose the natural attenuation method of remediation. EPA does not consider this natural burial of the contaminated sediments a perma...