Category Archives: PCBs not in Schools
Wanted: Massachusetts PCB Bulk Waste Landfill
There have been any number of recent news stories about PCBs being discovered in buildings, particularly public schools. Setting aside the issue of whether PCBs in schools pose an actual hazard, school officials are under intense pressure to eliminate PCBs … Continue reading
USEPA’s Proposed Reinterpretion of PCB Bulk Product Waste
If you are interested in taking a look at my comments (made as an individual) to EPA’s request for comments on their proposed reinterpretation of the definition of PCB Bulk Product waste, please click on this link. For more information … Continue reading
More TSCA PCB Irrationality
As described in my earlier post (see below), there is much to like about USEPA’s proposal to redefine the terms PCB remediation waste and PCB bulk product waste in the context of removing PCB contaminated materials from buildings. This proposal … Continue reading
PCB Regulation Changes Foreshadowed: A New Hope?
Last week USEPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response issued a Federal Register notice requesting public comment on what looks to be a dry technical issue within the PCB regulations; modifying the legal definitions of PCB Bulk Product Waste … Continue reading
Important PCB News!
Today’s Federal Register (the daily journal of the federal government) contained a notice from the USEPA requesting public comment on a topic of critical interest to anyone involved in the assessment and remediation of PCBs in buildings. The topic EPA … Continue reading
PCBs: Lost Whales, Low Birth Weights and Bad Sperm
Some time ago I set up a Google Alert for articles about PCBs so I could stay up to date on new research findings. Here’s something I’ve discovered: PCBs get blamed for a lot of negative effects based on some … Continue reading
PCBs: Aroclors, Homologs and Congeners
With PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) being more in the news, you may hear the terms “Aroclors”, “homologs” and “congeners” used to describe the different ways that PCBs are measured. Measuring the concentration of PCBs gets complicated because there are actually 209 … Continue reading
PCBs and Turtles
There is a story making the popular on-line science magazine circuit that is as good an example of bad environmental science as you are likely to see. These articles describe a laboratory study where turtles were dosed with PCBs and … Continue reading
