"Those who eat fish from the lower Bay and below the
DePere Dam face a cancer risk equal to smoking 2 to 3 packs of cigarettes
a day." Dr. Jeffery Foran, Toxicologist.
The Fox River has been contaminated by PCBs from a
variety of companies involved in paper production and paper recycling
along the Fox River near Green Bay, WI. The PCB pollution in the Fox
River is also leading to high levels of PCBs in Lake Michigan as well.
The Fox River Watch is among the groups that are working to get the PCB
contamination in the river addressed and cleaned up.
For more information, check out the Fox River Watch’s homepage
for more information covering anything from what PCBs are, to their
effect on the environment, how they got where they are now and what is
being done to get rid of them. http://foxriverwatch.com/
The following is the Appleton Public Library’s page
with lots of good PCB info and links to other sites
http://www.apl.org/community/pcb.html
The Fox River Group’s homepage:
http://www.foxrivergroup.org/
The Wisconsin DNR’s homepage, containing lots of info
about the lower Fox River:
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/wm/lowerfox/background.html
Read about the dredging of the Fox River:
http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/news/news_889.htm
Read about how the PCBs from the Fox River will be
disposed of.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_1245488.shtml
How much will the clean-up cost? No one knows but
click here to find out more.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_1477977.shtml
