PCB contamination

A community group in Pittsfield, Massachusetts concerned with the health impacts of long-term chemical pollution is holding a Q and A with a lawyer tonight.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to readdress the cleanup of PCBs from the Hudson River.

The Environmental Protection Agency held a press tour this week for the site of a controversial landfill in Lee, Massachusetts that will hold toxic materials dredged from the Housatonic River.

The Vermont Attorney General is suing Monsanto over PCB contamination in schools across the state.

The House Education Committee is considering a bill that would delay the deadline to complete testing by two years, and has been hearing testimony throughout the month.

Federal environmental officials say New York City has met a Dec. 31 deadline for removing light fixtures containing the toxic chemicals known as PCBs from…