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Safety of PCB handling confirmed

Wenck Associates, USA, has completed an extensive polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) study at WM's Kettleman Hills Facility, which found that PCBs treated, stored and disposed at the facility do not have an adverse impact on human health or the environment. The study focused on measuring twelve PCB congeners identified by the World Health Organization as having dioxin-like properties. Soil, air and ...

Jan. 17, 2011

Cedarburg, Wisconsin to Be Cleansed of PCBs

CHICAGO, Illinois, October 5, 2007 (ENS) - The Cedar Creek Superfund site is in a suburban residential area in southeastern Wisconsin north of Milwaukee in the historic city and township of Cedarburg. It would be a pleasant place to live except that PCBs from two local companies have contaminated Cedar Creek so severely that the area has been placed on the U.S. Environmental ...

Oct. 8, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

A Real Danger in Schools - PCBs

EMSL Analytical provides polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) testing solutions to keep building students and faculty safe. Cinnaminson, NJ, August 30th, 2010 Recently the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached an agreement with several schools in New York for the assessment and remediation of PCB caulk in the school buildings. Several schools had been ...

Aug. 30, 2010

By EMSL Analytical, Inc.

PCBs Hazards Exposed in Online Video

The production of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) was banned by the United States Congress in 1979. Even though that was over thirty years ago, PCBs are still making the news today. Just this week, The Daily Illini published a report about central Illinois residents being up in arms over a DeWitt County landfill’s plans to dump 2.5 million cubic yards of PCB contaminated ...

Apr. 19, 2012

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Ameren Expands PCB Investigations in Illinois

CHICAGO, Illinois, August 31, 2007 (ENS) - Officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 office have asked that the energy company Ameren and its subsidiaries expand their investigation into liquids contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs, found in natural gas distribution systems in Alton and East St. Louis. Ameren, under the direction of the federal and state ...

Sep. 3, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Could dangerous PCBs be in your home?

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a type of organic compounds that has been classified as persistent organic pollutants due to its toxicity. Last month the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new guidance to communities on PCBs in caulk from buildings constructed or renovated between 1950 and 1978. The EPA now recommends testing for PCBs in peeling, brittle, cracking or ...

Oct. 16, 2009

SONIC UPDATES PERFORMANCE OF PCB SONOPROCESS FACILITY

Vancouver, CANADA - Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (SNV-TSX Venture Exchange) today confirmed that the Company has ...

Jun. 24, 2005

SONIC PCB SONOPROCESS PATENTS ISSUE IN JAPAN AND USA

Vancouver, CANADA - Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (SNV-TSX Venture Exchange) today announced that the Company has received notification that patents for the Company’s Sonoprocess for the treatment of POP (Persistent Organic Pollutants), including PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyl), have issued in Japan and the USA. The patents refer to the Company’s Sonoprocess™ for the treatment of soils and ...

Oct. 17, 2005

SONIC DEPLOYS FIRST PCB TREATMENT PLANT MODULES

VANCOUVER, CANADA - Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (SNV.TSX Venture) is pleased to announce that the first modules of Sonic’s full scale PCB treatment plant were deployed yesterday directly to the Company’s first commercial clean-up contract site in Greater Vancouver. The modules comprise part of Sonic’s PCB ...

Dec. 22, 2004

PCBs are Still a Danger Decades after their Ban

The building consulting experts at EC2 provide testing solutions for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to determine if their toxic presence is a danger to building occupants. PCBs belong to a broad family of man-made organic chemicals known as chlorinated hydrocarbons. PCBs were domestically manufactured from 1929 until their ban in 1979 and were used in hundreds of industrial and commercial ...

Sep. 13, 2010

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Microbes could be key in PCB clean-up

Tiny bacterium could replace huge dredging machines and an empty landfill as the primary tool in cleaning up sites contaminated with toxic PCBs thanks to American research. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a family of carcinogenic chemicals which were developed in the late 1920s, primarily for use in heavy-duty electrical equipment and as a lubricant in gas pipelines. They are particularly ...

Mar. 19, 2007

By edie.net - Faversham House Ltd.

SONIC Successfully Treats PCB Contaminated Soil in Ontario

Vancouver, CANADA - Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (SNV-TSX Venture Exchange) today announced that it has completed the first phase of its contract in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) on schedule. As required by the contract with a national environmental management company, Sonic has remediated the first phase of the overall contract to the satisfaction of the client. Sonic’s first GTA ...

Aug. 23, 2006

PCB Dangers Persist in Some Older Structures

The environmental professionals at Clark Seif Clark (CSC) provide testing solutions for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to identify their presence and protect building occupants. PCBs belong to a broad family of man-made organic chemicals known as chlorinated hydrocarbons. They were domestically manufactured from 1929 until their ban in 1979. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

Nov. 29, 2010

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Is Your Child Exposed to Toxic PCBs at School?

EMSL Analytical provides polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) testing solutions to keep students and faculty safe from the dangerous the chemicals posses. Cinnaminson, NJ, September 8th, 2010 Production of PCBs in the United States was halted in the late 1970s, but prior to then it was used in some building materials, including caulks. Caulking materials were used in ...

Sep. 8, 2010

By EMSL Analytical, Inc.

Agana Springs PCB cleanup in Guam completed

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency working with the Guam Environmental Protection Agency completed the cleanup of contaminated soil from a former military water pump station at Agana Springs, Guam. Electrical transformers and other equipment at the former military water pump station at Agana Springs contained oil with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a cancer-causing chemical. In 2007, ...

Apr. 23, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA announces guidance on PCBs in caulk of buildings

Last month the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new guidance to communities on PCBs in caulk from buildings constructed or renovated between 1950 and 1978. The EPA now recommends testing for PCBs in peeling, brittle, cracking or deteriorating caulk in buildings, especially in schools environments from the nearly 30 year time period.Production of PCBs in the United States was ...

Oct. 2, 2009

SONIC VALIDATES PCB DESTRUCTION PROCESS IN REGULATORY TESTS

PCB in soils remediated to <2 ppm using Sonic’s proprietary technology VANCOUVER, CANADA: Adam Sumel, President and CEO of Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (SNV.TSX Venture) is very pleased to report that all tests conducted as ...

Feb. 9, 2005

Sonic Deploys First PCB Treatment Plant Modules

Untitled Document Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (SNV.TSX Venture) is pleased to announce that the first modules of Sonic’s full scale PCB treatment plant were deployed yesterday ...

Dec. 22, 2004

SONIC’S COMMERCIAL PCB SONOPROCESS FACILITY NOW ON-SITE

VANCOUVER, CANADA – Adam Sumel, President and CEO of Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (SNV.TSX Venture) is pleased to report that the Company has successfully deployed all modules of its commercial-scale, mobile PCB soil destruction ...

Mar. 9, 2005

Are Your Children Being Exposed to Toxic PCBs at School?

EMSL Analytical provides polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) testing solutions to keep students and faculty safe from the dangerous associated with PCB exposure. Cinnaminson, NJ, February 4th, 2011 This week The New York Times published an article entitled, “Parents Seek More Action on PCBs in Schools”. The article discussed hundred of parents ...

Feb. 7, 2011

By EMSL Analytical, Inc.

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