HRI hosts PCB treatment alternatives symposium

By Carrie Saldo

Pittsfield, MA – The Housatonic River Initiative hosted a day-long symposium on PCB destructive technologies in Pittsfield, Massachusetts late last month. The environmental advocacy group is urging state and federal regulators as well as General Electric to use PCB destructive technologies in the city where there is an on-going PCB clean-up. But, as our Berkshire Bureau Chief, Carrie Saldo reports there is some skepticism about the effectiveness of this means of PCB treatment;