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Five years after the world’s largest PCB cleanup ended, how's the Lower Fox River doing?
The five-year progress report, released late last year, shows that while the massive cleanup effort is yielding positive results, it will take upwards of 30 years before PCB-related fish ...
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Time to scale back on fish consumption - opinion
What are these damaging substances and what do they do to us? SINCE THE 1960s we have found PCBs in fish. These compounds belong to a broad family of human-created organic chemicals known as ...
Food Safety News6d
FSA publishes seafood sampling survey findings
A seafood sampling survey has revealed some non-compliances but an overall low risk to public health. In England and Wales, ...
Texans Wire1mon
Study reveals waterfowl in Pennsylvania have contaminants. Here's what hunters should know
The study examined various duck and goose species and found PCBs, OCPs, and PFAS in all samples ... Similar advisories regarding contaminants are already in place regarding fish. Anglers are advised ...
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Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture
which critics say can have negative impacts on marine ecosystems and may involve health risks to humans due to the accumulation of toxics like dioxins and PCBs. In a world where fish populations ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel26d
Five years after the world’s largest PCB cleanup ended, how's the Lower Fox River doing?
The Lower Fox River is showing improvement after a massive PCB cleanup effort, but fish consumption advisories remain in effect. It may take several decades for PCB levels in fish to decline ...
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Five years after the world’s largest PCB cleanup ended, how's the Lower Fox River doing?
Nearly five years after the final scoop of contaminated sediment was taken from the Lower Fox River, the river is improving, but it’s still not safe for fish consumption. And it won’t be for ...