The report also estimated the cost of additional dredging in the Upper Hudson River to prevent further injury to natural resources at $10.7 billion. The 200-mile stretch of the Hudson River is one of the largest Superfund sites in the nation.
The report evaluates existing data and previous reports to estimate the dollar amount of the natural resource damages. GE dumped millions of pounds of toxic PCBs into the Hudson River between 19―contaminating a 200-mile stretch of the Hudson from upriver factories to New York Harbor. HUDSON VALLEY – Today, Scenic Hudson released a breakthrough report from leading natural resource damages (NRD) experts estimating the potential magnitude of damages for harm to Hudson River natural resources caused by General Electric’s toxic Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination at $11.4 billion. Report from Leading Experts Documents that High Levels of PCB Contamination Continue to Damage 200-mile Stretch of the Hudson RiverĬontamination Disproportionately Harms Low-Income and Immigrant Communities That Subsist on Hudson River Fish
Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022.
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