Isnt it safer to leave the PCBs alone?
The PCBs are NOT safely buried in the river. They are moving downstream with an average of 300-500 pounds escaping into Green Bay and Lake Michigan each year. The PCBs in the lower Bay are also in pockets moving north along the East Shore to Door County. Most PCBs sit in the river and bay mud fairly close to the surface, which means floods, storms, or dam failures could send huge quantities downstream in large bursts, if we don’t get the PCBs out first.
