CleanUpGE.org

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Web Name: CleanUpGE.org

WebSite: http://www.cleanupge.org

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keywords:GE, General Electric, Jack Welch, PCB, Hudson River, Hudson, Pollution, PCB's, Corporate Misdeeds
description:CleanUpGE.org is working to force General Electric to take responsibility and dredge the Hudson River of the PCB's they illegaly dumped.
Over 1.3 million pounds of PCB's were dropped in the Hudson river by GE. Jack Says: "The word 'dump' is used! We didn't dump! We had a permit from the U.S. government and the State of New York to do exactly what we did. Do you think I'd come to work in a company that would do that or condone that? I wouldn't do it, Lesley! This is nuts!" -- Jack Welch's response to Lesley Stahl's question about GE's pollution of the Hudson River (CBS News Transcripts, 60 MINUTES, October 29, 2000)

THE RECORD: In fact, in 1976, a New York State administrative law judge found that GE's discharges were in violation of permits and violated water quality laws. Although in 1970 GE had been warned by Monsanto - the manufacturer of PCBs - to prevent PCBs from entering the environment, GE discharged PCBs until 1977.
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CleanUpGE.org is working to force General Electric to take responsibility and dredge the Hudson River of the PCB's they illegaly dumped.

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