https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01 en-us 2021-06-13 16:29:50 UTC 2026-02-15 08:44:25 UTC hello@padlet.com ecaro05182 https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1608944581 Between 1947 and 1977, the company General Electric polluted the Hudson River with  polychlorinated biphenyls, which is a toxic chemical often produced from factory machines. Although other companies have done this, General Electric's pollution was the most significant. Their actions made the water damaging to those who drank it. The habitat (or environment in which an organism lives) for the organisms in the Hudson was not a good one. There were so many chemicals in the fish that a person would get sick from eating one. The effects of General Electric's pollution are still being felt today. ]]> 2021-06-16 02:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1608944581 ecaro05182 https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1608973822 General Electric owned many factories surroundeding the Hudson River. These factories dumped garbage and wastes like PCBs into the river. This quickly contaminated the entire body of water.  ]]> 2021-06-16 02:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1608973822 ecaro05182 https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1608979447 This problem started in the 1940s. Although General Electric has stopped dumping wastes into the Hudson River, the Hudson River waters are still harmful. As of January 2021, a fish advisory remains in place from 1976, which advises not to eat fish from the Hudson. ]]> 2021-06-16 02:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1608979447 ecaro05182 https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1608983964 There was an increased amount of mercury in the Hudson River fish after the pollution occurred. The PCBs that caused all of the negative effects are still in the Hudson River, however. PCBs are linked to neurological disorders, lower IQ and heart disease. This means less people will eat fish from the River. ]]> 2021-06-16 02:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1608983964 ecaro05182 https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1608991883 Less fish are being taken from the Hudson. Because of this, there are more fish in the Hudson River. This small change in the community (or population of different species that live in the same place) had a big impact on its food chain (or what organisms consume what other organisms in the habitat). More fish means there are less of the prey that the fish hunt. This change in the ecology (or the relation of organisms to one another) of the River, however, still maintains the delicate balance of an environment. ]]> 2021-06-16 02:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1608991883 ecaro05182 https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1609004398 In the 1960s, two environmental activists founded the organization Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, which advocated for the cleaning-up of the river. Congress has passed laws which make it difficult to dispose of pollutants and wastes into the Hudson. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a plan to clean up the river by excavating more than 100,000 lbs of PCBs. This plan has been completed and research is being done to see just how successful it was. ]]> 2021-06-16 02:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1609004398 ecaro05182 https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1610799798 These solutions will most likely be shown to have worked. If everything had gone according to plan, over 2.6 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment would have been removed. Also, in 2016 a humpback whale was seen swimming in the Hudson. This is a sign that at least some of all the toxins from the Hudson River have been removed. ]]> 2021-06-16 20:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1610799798 ecaro05182 https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1610803366 1. The deepest point of the Hudson River is over 200 feet.
2. The Hudson River is about 315 miles long. ]]> 2021-06-16 20:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1610803366 ecaro05182 https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1610810158 Want to learn more about the Hudson River's pollution and cleanup efforts? Here is an interesting link! Do you also want to learn more about the EPA's battle with General Electric to start cleaning up the Hudson? See it here!
Link to the video]]> 2021-06-16 20:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ecaro05182/yzpxhiomf4fjvk01/wish/1610810158