PCB breakdown in rivers depends on sediment-specific bacteria, find Carnegie Mellon U. scientists
...es that manufactured plastics, paints, lubricants, transformers and other materials. In the mid-20th century, companies along the Hudson and other rivers in upstate New York collectively released more than one million pounds of PCBs into the water, not knowing that these pollutants could linger for thousands of y...Latest findings on PCBs to be subject of June workshop at Illinois
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