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PBDEs are now everywhere. European researchers have found PBDEs in freshwater and ocean fish (salmon, herring, sprat), in air at remote rural locations, in sewage sludge, in deep ocean sediments, in eels, seals, shellfish, bottlenose dolphins, porpoises, pilot whales, and crabs, among other species.
both Rachel’s Environment & Health News and the NRDC have detailed info about this stuff the EPA is telling us not to worry about. Huge quantities of PBDE’s are present at the wtc site, a toxic legacy that will persist for generations…
On the good news side, GreenAction announced today that “In a huge victory for the community, health and environmental justice, the controversial IES commerical medical waste incinerators are closing immediately.” Wow. A long, hard-fought campaign comes to a close.
