Mud in the locks, ain't no big surprise...
Preliminary EPA and GE independent reports on Year 1 of the Hudson River dredging project are out, and they're something to take note of. The major highlights: -Dredging is dirty work -There's a lot of dirty dirt Neither of these is a real revelation, but they were two of the main arguments used by pro- and anti-dredging advocates. What are the implications? The antis were right, dredging mucked things up pretty good . Concentrations of contaminate in air and water spiked above EPA standards. Anyone who has been following the issue at all knows that dredging activities were suspended when downstream sampling indicated elevated PCB levels over the course of the season. We're putting people and the environment at risk by dredging. The pros were right, something needed (needs) to be done. All indications are, there's a lot more nasty stuff down there than we had hoped to see. It hasn't decayed, been buried or washed away. It's both a ticking time bomb and a slow do...