EASTHAMPTON -- A recent rainstorm brought down a wooden utility pole with an old electrical transformer, releasing 15 gallons of PCB-laden oil near the Connecticut River oxbow. Eversource reported the ...

PCBs are a health risk because they build up in the environment, accumulating in the tissue of fish and other aquatic animals. In addition to causing cancer, PCBs can affect brain development and ...

Environmentalists and stakeholders in the electricity industry have urged relevant authorities to dispose of the old transformers with Polychlorinated Biphenlys (PCBs), saying they posed a serious ...

Those readers who have experimented with winding their own inductors will know that it’s not an easy task, and when those inductors are handling high voltages it can be especially tricky to maintain ...

A former employee of Shaffer Equipment said Friday that he dumped PCB-laden transformers at a former dump site above the Arbuckle Public Service District in Minden during the 1960s and that he’d ...

AKRON, Ohio -- The apartments on Akron's Shoreline Drive are a sprawling example of mid-century architecture, with wide windows and balconies adorning every apartment and an inviting forest bordering ...

ST. LOUIS, MI — As efforts continue to mitigate an oil spill affecting some rivers in mid-Michigan, officials say tests for PCBs have come back negative and there’s no reason to believe drinking water ...