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December 1999

Deaths of harbour porpoises are linked to PCBs and mercury - Dec 19, 1999 misc.activist.progressive & New Scientist
Scientists ready to settle PCB disputes - Dec 11, 1999 - PC

November 1999

Loss to sport fishing industry from PCBs: $150 million - Nov. 8, 1999  NC
Final decision closer on Fox River cleanup - Nov 5, 1999 - NC
Fox dredging project fights against the calendar - Nov 4, 1999 - NC

October 1999

New scientific review of Fox PCBs is called unnecessary - Oct 24, 1999 - NC
Vast majority favor Superfund cleanup of Fox River - Oct 21, 1999 - NC
Landfill to take more PCBs - Sept 21, 1999
Team to study PCBs on Fox River promises impartiality - Oct 19, 1999 - MilwJS

September 1999

Two groups on opposite sides of Fox River recovery - Sept 28, 1999 - NC
Rival environmental groups meet across the table - Sept 22, 1999 - NC
Stadium-sized landfill starts accepting PCB waste - Sept 18, 1999 - PC
Engineers return to dredging location - Sept 10, 1999 - NC
EPA rules differ for Fox, Sheboygan rivers - Sept 9, 1999 - MilwJS
EPA rules differ for Fox, Sheboygan rivers - Sept 8, 1999 - MilwJS
Maehl orders revenue-tracking study - Sept 8, 1999 - PC
Separate DNR assessment of Fox River questioned - Sept 6, 1999 - MilwJS

August 1999

Report: PCBs in river on the move - Aug 31, 1999 - PC
Project at 56-57 has been delayed Aug 27, 1999 - PC
Sediment removal scheduled to start this week - Aug 23, 1999 - MilwJS
DNR dredging of PCBs resumes - Aug 20, 1999 - PC
PCBs in the river: How clean is clean enough? - Aug 8, 1999 - PC
Tecumseh buys popular supper club - Aug 3, 1999 - PC

July 1999

PCB dredging project gets $2 million boost from Fort James - July 28, 1999 - PC
PCBs remain key part of state budget - July 14, 1999 - PC
Officials challenging river group perspective - July 12, 1999 - PC

June 1999

PCBs work their way into state budget - June 21, 1999 - PC
Fort James site can take part in PCB cleanup; critics oppose plan - June 15, 1999 - MilwJS

May 1999

Agency links PCBs and bird deformities - May 11, 1999 - PC
Green Bay walleye high in PCBs, tumors - May 9, 1999 - PC

April 1999

Fort James offers site for PCB sediment - April 24, 1999 - PC
Opinions on PCB cleanup are aired - April 23, 1999 - PC
Paper firms downplay PCB risk - April 17, 1999 - PC
Group opts for cleanup of river - April 13, 1999 - PC
Selected Fox River cleanup comments - April 13, 1999 - PC

March 1999

Doctors opposed to PCBs in landfill - March 26, 1999 - PC
Report shows reduction in pollutants by Valley's mills - March 24, 1999 - PC
Reverse flow - March 24, 1999 - PC
Is river cleanup really necessary? Debate on PCBs' health effects rages on - March 22, 1999 - PC
Is river cleanup really necessary? Valley residents to become test subjects - March 22, 1999 - PC
No Wall Street jitters felt yet - March 21, 1999 - PC
Fox River Group blasts DNR report on PCBs - March 20, 1999 - PC
Menasha looks at attractive river cleanup alternatives - March 14, 1999 - PC
Use of Confined Disposal Facilities not new to northeast Wisconsin - March 14, 1999 - PC
New GE-funded study fails to clear PCBs - March 11, 1999 - PC
PCBs at Sunnyview may not be dead issue - March 10, 1999 - PC
Asked properly, PBC incinerator question gets 'yes' - March 10, 1999 - PC
PCB responsibilities erode paper company coalition - March 9, 1999 - PC

February 1999

RIVER WOES - Feb 28, 1999
DNR urges cooperation for cleanup - Feb 28, 1999 - PC
OPINION: The time comes for your help in making a huge decision - Feb 28, 1999 PC
DNR standards not tough enough for some - Feb 27, 1999 - PC
River report will help focus - Feb 27, 1999 - PC
Report should slow momentum for Superfund - Feb 27, 1999 - PC
DNR wants public to get involved - Feb 27, 2001 - PC
Cleaning Fox River to cost millions, DNR says - Feb 26, 1999 - MilwJS
Cleanup could cost less than $800 million - Feb 26, 1999 - PC
Three-part river study unprecedented - Feb 26, 1999 - PC
Fox River PCB timeline - Feb 26, 1999 - PC
Labor sees cleanup as job threat - Feb 26, 1999 - PC
Will Fox River toxic muck end up in Dodge County? - Feb 12, 1999 - MilwJS

January 1999

Letter to the Editor: Removal of PCBs a must - Jan 30, 1999 - MilwJS


Newspaper 
Abbreviations

PG 
Green Bay Press Gazette

NC
Green Bay News Chronicle

PC
Appleton Post Crescent

ON
Oshkosh Northwestern

MilwJS
Milwakee Journal Sentinel

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For additional news media coverage see these CWAC pages: 
Media 2001, Media 2000, Newsletter articles, or CWAC Issue pages. 

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