Dredging the Hudson River

"From 1947 to 1977, GE plants north of Albany poured more than 1.3 million pounds of PCBs into the upper Hudson and PCBs continue to leak out of two GE plants." PCBs are chemicals used for a wide variety of industrial purposes and are linked to but not proven to cause reproductive problems, low birth weight, reduced ability to fight infections and learning problems in humans. In August of 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency decided to remove over one …

…such as letting the river naturally clean itself because of the risks involved with dredging should be used. These risks include stirring up PCBs, which have been buried in the riverbed of over a decade. The best way to solve this environmental problem is to stop PCBs from leaking into the river and let nature do what it as to do to replenish itself. Eventually, the Hudson will be back to its natural, beautiful state.