Pollution of the Mohawk and Hudson River by GE
- Date Range
- 1947 – 1977
- Title
- Pollution of the Mohawk and Hudson River by GE
- What occurred
- General Electric polluted the Mohawk and the Hudson by dumping in PCBs or polychlorinated biphenyls. This caused immense harmful effects to the wildlife, fish and people who consume from the rivers. This was coupled with misuse of sewage discharge from the city makes the Mohawk one of the most polluted subsidiaries of the Hudson
- Location
- Mohawk River Schenectady County
- Student name(s)
- Kate Osterholtz