Two utilities taking heat in Argentina over PCBs

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are back in the news in Argentina following the filing of a complaint against Edenor and Edesur, the two power companies that provide electricity in Buenos Aires. The complaint, filed by two federal prosecutors, alleges that the companies did not follow through on their commitments to get rid of transformers containing PCBs. Argentina’s Congress passed legislation in May 2001 outlawing the use of PCBs. The measure does not require removal of all equipment containing the chemicals until 2010. But Edenor and Edesur signed agreements with Buenos Aires authorities in 2001 promising to take PCB-tainted transformers out of service in a matter of months and send them abroad for disposal. The two companies later announced they had followed through on those agreements... [Log in to read more]

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