Costly Superfund dredging of PCBs set for NY’s Hudson River after decades of controversy

SARATOGA, N.Y. — People look funny at David Mathis when he takes a dip off his dock in the Hudson River. Health officials have long warned people not to eat fish caught from this slow-flowing stretch south of the Adirondacks and swimming here is unthinkable to many.

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