What makes ordinary rain falling in the Delaware River toxic enough to violate Environmental Protection Agency rules? And how can the EPA allow recycling plants to use old newspapers contaminated with ...

WESTMINSTER — The Bellows Falls Union High School Board has agreed on a strategy to address the remaining PCB problems at the high school. And the board made clear Monday night, it expects state ...

Cleaning up the dangerous chemicals, commonly known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), inside the Westport Middle School has already cost more than $3 million. And paying the bill could put teachers ...

North Country Union High School was built when Lyndon B. Johnson was president. Its 55-year-old windows and doors need to be replaced, according to a facilities assessment completed last year. The ...

I first developed an interest on the PCB removal subject while serving on the board of the Housatonic River Watershed Association in the 1980s. There was a different cast of General Electric ...

PCBs are resilient; their legacy is permanency. Thirty years after their ban, these hardy chemical compounds persist in our lakes, our rivers, our bodies, and a broad diversity of animals and plants.

WESTMINSTER — This spring's hot weather has made PCB readings spike at Bellows Falls Union High School's gym, casting in doubt whether the gym will be able to be used when school reopens next month, ...