Dataset. There are Hudson River and Manhattan, 1895. slowly to these perturbing influences and they recover slowly. Salt Levels in the Hudson River. Quantification & Source Identification of Microplastic Pollution in the Hudson River 2017 Report Todd Walter, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University Lisa Watkins, M.S./Ph.D. Here's how one organization is working on the problem: To defend the health of the Hudson River and its communities, the Hudson Riverkeeper, a nongovernmental organization established to protect the Hudson from pollution, devised a community-led, water-quality monitoring program in which the public helps fill the vast data gap on the level of contamination and water quality problems. Dataset.

1947 General Electric starts using PCBs in the manufacture of electrical capacitors at its Ft. Edward plant on the eastern shore of the Hudson River. Long Term Fish Populations. PCBs in Hudson River Fish. BOD 5 is typically measured by looking at the change in pressure in a sealed container stored for 5 days in a dark room at 20 °C as CO 2 is produced and O 2 is used up. 1936 First study revealing major health and safety problems associated with PCBs. Dataset. Hurricane Irene and the Hudson River. Dataset. Hudson River PCB cleanup timeline:How GE cleanup began. Level 2: Historic Pollution in the Hudson River ... Pollution load data was collected by a number of agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, NY state agencies, and private sewer companies. Lopez emphasized that certification does not "let GE off the hook" for the PCBs that remain along the length of the entire river. 1865 First PCB-like chemical discovered; a by product of coal tar.

Dataset. Industry provided jobs, created communities, and brought economic growth to the region. Dataset. Hurricane Impacts on a Hudson River Tributary. Zebra Mussels & Other Organisms. Dataset . Drought and the Hudson River.

Salt Pollution in a Hudson River Tributary. Dataset. treatment, no other data are to be found in administrative archives to reconstruct past, or historical, pollution loads and effects. student, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University Gray Ryan, undergraduate student, Cornell University Susan McGrattan, undergraduate student, Cornell University Dataset. Hudson River PCB Pollution Timeline. The 315-mile Hudson River is steeped in American history. It guided Henry Hudson in search of a northwest passage and served commerce as a transportation route during the Industrial Revolution. Only recently has in-depth re- search on historical pollution in the Hudson-Raritan basin begun. 1929 Monsanto Company begins making PCBs. Invertebrates in Plants. Why is the cleanup of the upper Hudson River needed?