What makes ordinary rain falling in the Delaware River toxic enough to violate Environmental Protection Agency rules? And how can the EPA allow recycling plants to use old newspapers contaminated with ...

WESTMINSTER — The Bellows Falls Union High School Board has agreed on a strategy to address the remaining PCB problems at the high school. And the board made clear Monday night, it expects state ...

North Country Union High School was built when Lyndon B. Johnson was president. Its 55-year-old windows and doors need to be replaced, according to a facilities assessment completed last year. The ...

A hallway in Wing B of North Country Union High School during PCB testing Credit: File: Don Whipple Students at North Country Union High School in Newport will start the year late and temporarily ...

A major settlement announced this week brought an end to a lengthy battle between chemical manufacturer Monsanto and students, parents and staff of a Monroe school who were exposed to toxic PCBs for ...

PCBs are resilient; their legacy is permanency. Thirty years after their ban, these hardy chemical compounds persist in our lakes, our rivers, our bodies, and a broad diversity of animals and plants.

They’ve called schools, sent letters, pushed surveys, presented at conferences and promoted educational videos. For six years, state Department of Ecology officials have offered money to any ...