More than 90,000 pounds of PCBs from past dischargers linger in the Fox River sediments. More than twice that amount has already moved into Green Bay, where it is virtually impossible to recover. Every year we wait on cleanup means more PCBs lost to the bay. First, it does nothing to reduce immediate health threats to the public and the environment. Simply covering them with clean sediment is akin to sweeping the problem under the rug.
Big companies like to privatize profits and socialize losses.
In bad economic times industry abandons communities, taking jobs but leaving behind their wastes. Hey, they're going to leave anyhow. These are old mills. Efforts to date are very discouraging. In-situ treatment isn't working.