PCB sample News
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PCB sampling at bannister federal complex buildings 50 and 52 reveals no indoor air health concerns
The second set of results from February air monitoring at a child care center and an adjacent building at the Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City do not reveal health concerns at the facilities regarding PCBs, EPA Region 7 officials announced today. The results include tests for 209 forms of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in indoor air and from air samples taken from beneath the concrete ...
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EPA Settlement with UMASS Amherst Resolves PCB Violations and Requires Cleanup of PCB Contamination at a Building on Campus
EPA and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMASS) have reached a settlement that will resolve violations of federal polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) regulations at the Lederle Graduate Research Center. After completing a $4 million dollar caulk decontamination project in 2009, UMASS discovered that the window glazing at the Lederle Graduate Research Center was contaminated with high levels ...
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Second round of sampling for PCBs in two buildings at Bannister federal complex reveals no indoor air health concerns (KS, MO)
Results from March air sampling at a child care center and an adjacent building at the Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City do not reveal health concerns at the facilities related to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), EPA Region 7 officials announced today. The results include tests for 209 different forms of PCBs in indoor air samples and from air samples taken from beneath the concrete floor ...
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EPA investigation of Gowanus canal identifies widespread contamination, health and ecological problems; hundreds of samples find PAHs, PCBs, heavy metals and other Toxins (NY)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed its investigation of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, N.Y. The investigation confirmed the widespread presence of numerous contaminants in the canal and identified the sources of contamination. The investigation also identified characteristics of the canal that will influence future plans for a cleanup. A companion human and ...
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