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Bats show elevated levels of PCBs

Study seeks to assess damage done to natural resources from chemicals

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

By Lee Coleman (Contact)
Gazette Reporter

Bats from the upper Hudson River have five times as much PCBs in their systems as bats from other parts of the state, a newly-released study says.

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