Fort Edward (town), New York

Paul Buckowski/Times UnionDredging operations on the Hudson River in Fort Edward, N.Y. in this Oct. 27, 2009 photo. GANSEVOORT, N.Y. - Two General Electric contractors were thrown into the Hudson River after their boat went over an upstate...

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...dredge project wrapped up last month. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are considered probable carcinogens. General Electric plants in Fort Edward and neighboring Hudson Falls discharged wastewater containing PCBs for decades before the...

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...up By MICHAEL HILL, The Associated Press In this photo made Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, crews dredge a stretch of the Hudson River in Fort Edward, N.Y. Dredging began in May after decades of argument over how to deal with tons of PCBs that...

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...over how to deal with tons of PCBs that flowed down the river in 1973 after a dam was removed. Upriver General Electric plants in Fort Edward and neighboring Hudson Falls discharged wastewater containing PCBs for decades before the...

In this article: General Electric, EPA, Hudson River, Fort Edward, Toxic waste, and Pollution

...including the key stronghold constructed here by the British during the French and Indian War. </p><p>A formal excavation of the original Fort Edward was called after crews dredging PCB-contaminated sediment from the Hudson River last month...

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