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Environmental

Feb. 19, 2011

The $5 Million Boost to Clean Up Chemical Contamination

The Environmental Protection Agency recently took action to assist in the clean-up of the San Francisco Bay. By Mordecai D. Boone of Gordon & Rees LLP.


By Mordecai D. Boone


Properties contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) chemicals continue to pose problems for the San Francisco Bay. The chemicals continue to infiltrate the Bay from contaminated properties through stormwater runoff and other pathways. Fish and shellfish contaminated with PCBs present known health risks to humans and wildlife. Although the manufacturing of PCBs has been banned since 1979, a 2010 study by the San Francisco Estuary Inst...

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