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In this June 23, 2010 photo, a paddle boat is secured to a tree at Woods Pond in Lee, Mass. The picturesque pond, on the Housatonic River about eight miles downstream from the closed General Electric plant is emerging as one of the next major battlegrounds in the decades-long effort to remove PCB's, which originated at the plant, from the riverbed.  (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - Once a dumping ground for chemicals, a stretch of the Housatonic River that winds near this Berkshires hamlet is being scoured in a lengthy, expensive cleanup. Now, dredging other parts of the riverbed is under consideration, but the fishers, bird watchers and swimmers who would benefit are wondering how much effort is too much.




Posted on Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:39:25 GMT at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hea...river_pcbs
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