Talk:Pollution of the Hudson River

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There are not many articles on the pollution of particular rivers. Here are some similar articles:

• Pollution of the Ganges
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• Pollution of Lake Karachay

Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:57, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

About this article

Thanks Ɱ and PointsofNoReturn for help in making this article and for their work on Hudson River. I started this article because the topic "pollution of the Hudson River" seemed to be forked several times, as it was being covered independently in the following articles:

• Hudson River
• Hudson Valley
• General Electric
• Pete Seeger
• Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
• Polychlorinated biphenyl

This article could be referenced in a Hudson River superfund site article if one were created.

To make this article, I combined all the content from the above listed articles here. I combined content in categories, then I deleted any content which was repeated. I think that I kept all of the content from all of those articles, then wrote a lede which I thought summarized what was here.

After combining all of this, I deleted the content from the original articles then copied the lede from here to there, and linked to this article as the main article for the topic "pollution of the Hudson River". It is my hope that instead of developing this topic separately in so many places, all development can happen here. On the talk page of all those article I linked to this talk page. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:03, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Sources cited

Many of the sources cited in this article are not ideal. I think no source is identified which gives an overview of the history of the pollution of this review and the discussion of a response to the pollution. I think that a source must exist because so many tens of millions of dollars have been spent responding to the pollution issue. If someone has a source to share then please do so here. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:07, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Research by David Carpenter

There is some research by Dr Carpenter on PCBs, especially on effects by zip code in New York state, that i would like to include.

• Low birth weight and residential proximity to PCB-contaminated waste sites
• [1] "In the last several years, Carpenter has written studies linking ZIP codes in New York with low-birthweight babies, thyroid disease in women and female reproductive disorders such as endometriosis. And his department has studies waiting for publication that link ZIP codes to elevated risks for stroke, ischemic heart disease and high blood pressure."

I don't have the brains to do it right now but wanted to make a note. SageRad (talk) 14:24, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Origin and composition of the PCBs pollution

I added knowledge about the origin and composition of the PCBs pollution in the Hudson. It was reverted by an IP user here with the reason "No evidence they shared any responsibility for the polution". That is not material to the inclusion of the content, because it's just explaining what the contamination consists of. PCBs have 209 congeners, and specific concentrations of specific congeners were included in many of the Aroclor formulations. It would benefit the general reader to know the brand names of the contaminants in order to understand the nature of the pollution of the river. I cannot ping you, but i will post on your talk page. SageRad (talk) 23:18, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

It is an off hand mention in the source you supplied. It didn't even merit its own sentence. If you want it added find a source that considers it of any importance. 2600:1010:B013:47E:6055:E869:8BBE:5460 (talk) 00:31, 2 December 2015 (UTC)