The department has issued a public health warning after reports that transformer oil is being used for medicinal purposes in some communities ...

In South Africa, PCBs were commonly used by energy-intensive sectors such as mining, power generation and distribution, paper ...

GREENSBURG - A Decatur County homeowner has serious questions for a power company. An old power pole snapped in two, causing a transformer to crash through the roof of Johnnie Watson's Greensburg home ...

The last transformer in Chicago to contain feared PCBs was removed Monday, ending a 7 1/2-year effort to replace equipment that used the toxic chemical. The transformer, which a Commonwealth Edison Co ...

For decades, they sat quietly inside transformers and electrical grids, doing exactly what they were designed to do: resist ...

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment (DFFE) has urged the public to refrain from applying transformer oil or any other electrical equipment oil to the body or for any other ...

Researchers in California are developing a faster and cheaper method for extracting cancer-causing PCB chemicals from electric transformers, a process that would enable utilities to reuse contaminated ...

EASTHAMPTON -- A recent rainstorm brought down a wooden utility pole with an old electrical transformer, releasing 15 gallons of PCB-laden oil near the Connecticut River oxbow. Eversource reported the ...

Former students, faculty and staff are suing North Carolina State University, alleging they developed breast cancer after ...

Crews from Ohio Edison work to restore power on Campbell Road in Hanoverton while HEPACO performs environmental cleanup on Thursday after a snapped utility pole caused an outdated transformer to crack ...

SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 1, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Chemical Waste Management, Inc. more than $300,000 for failure to properly manage PCBs at its ...