Washington Examiner

Solving the PCB problem with cooperation instead of litigation

“PCBs are banned,” Rodenburg said, “but for years they were used in hydraulic fluids, solvents, oils, paints, and many other common products. Yellow pigments are allowed to have small amounts of ...
Electronic Design

Common PCB Soldering Problems to Avoid

The quality of the soldering has a tremendous impact on the overall quality of the PCB. Through soldering, different parts of the PCB are connected to other electrical components to make a PCB ...
Brattleboro Reformer

BFUHS board approves PCB plan, hopes for state funding

WESTMINSTER — The Bellows Falls Union High School Board has agreed on a strategy to address the remaining PCB problems at the high school. And the board made clear Monday night, it expects state ...
Seven Days

Vermont’s PCB Testing Program Continues to Cause Logistical Problems — and Angst — for Schools

Seven Ways Seven Days Gets You Through the Week: Trustworthy local reporting. Piping‑hot food news. Thoughtful obituaries. Must‑do events. Stuck in Vermont videos. Eye‑opening personals. All the fun ...
EDN

Poor FPGA packaging causes PCB problems

Last month marked the first in a series of columns on the shortcomings of today's FPGA packages. This month, I will identify specific package problems. Before going into detail on the specifics, it's ...
VTDigger

Letter to the editor: Kicking PCB problems down the road for successors to resolve

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EDN

Controller PCB problem solved

The year was 1996 and it was my second year with this Hard Disk Drive company. I had joined them as an EMC Engineer to provide EMC support to the PCB design engineers. Within a year I was being called ...
Science News

Memory problems linked to PCBs in fish

Men and woman who accumulated large amounts of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), primarily through eating Great Lakes fish, exhibit subtle memory problems, according to a new study. PCBs are oily ...
Seattle Times

Plan to dump PCB-tainted soil raises concerns

Environmentalists are questioning plans by the Port of Seattle to dump contaminated sediment into Elliott Bay, saying it would run contrary to state efforts under way to clean up Puget Sound. As part ...
Seven Days

Burlington’s PCB Problem Could Impact Other Schools Across Vermont

Shortly after Burlington High School closed last September because of high levels of airborne toxic chemicals in its tech center building, district Superintendent Tom Flanagan got what he thought was ...
SFGate

Feds find problems with PCBs at dump

A federal investigation found that a major hazardous waste facility at the center of a birth defects controversy improperly disposed of a chemical known to cause cancer and reproductive problems. The ...
Washington Examiner

Solving the PCB problem with cooperation instead of litigation

Doug Krapas told me that riddle because he’s the environmental manager of the Spokane, Wash., Inland Empire Paper Company, which uses old newspapers and magazines as a major component in its paper ...