Whither PCBs? The Story from the Lab to the Hudson River and Beyond (VIDEO)

Whither PCBs? The Story from the Lab to the Hudson River and Beyond (VIDEO)
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You've probably heard about fish contaminated by PCBs. Here's the story of how the pollutant got to the fish and what's being done to try to rid PCBs from one of our prized waterways.

Last month General Electric wrapped up the first phase of its effort
to remove large swaths of contaminated sediment from the Hudson River.
It's a project that has been many years in the making -- nearly a full
century, if the discovery and manufacture of PCBs are taken into account.

In our video Dr. Bill Chameides gives the PCB backstory from the lab to the manufacturing plant. Then Duke alumnus David Rosoff picks up the story, giving an overview of the Hudson River dredging project, A to Z.

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