EPA Says Will Toss Artifacts From Historic Fort Into Landfill
"Less than a week after the Environmental Protection Agency restarted a controversial dredging project on the Hudson River, dredgers operated by the General Electric Company dislodged wooden beams that are the last remnants of one of the largest British forts in the American colonies," reports CNSNews.com.
"The EPA now says that the beams are contaminated with potential carcinogens known as PCBs and therefore must be buried in a landfill.
"The dredging operation is being conducted to remove sediments containing PCBs from the river about 40 miles north of Albany, N.Y.
"Fort Edward, where the dredging damage occurred, was one of the largest forts in the colonies during the French and Indian War in the mid-18th century, and it was a key strategic position during the American Revolution," reports CNSNews.
