Category: Blog Posts

February 11, 2019

Caveats of Eco-Legislature: PCBs, Brownfields, and Superfunds

Welcome back, ecoSPEARS readers! For this blog installment we’re going to be covering the complex processes by which PCBs and other toxic contaminants are identified and addressed. We’re also going

February 1, 2019

The Plastic Plague Polluting Our Oceans

Oceans account for 70% of our Earth’s makeup and play a crucial role in maintaining the health of our planet: regulating our climate, feeding our communities, cleaning our air, and providing homes

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January 6, 2019

There and Back Again: How the Hudson River PCB Problem Persists

Hey there, ecoSPEARS readers! Well, here we are: it’s 2019, almost exactly one year since our name officially hit the books and we started begging you to share our maritime-color schemed logo

December 10, 2018

WTFAQ is PFAS?

Earlier this year, in 2018, a series of wildfires broke out in California. While this brand of tragedy has become more common in recent memory along the Pacific Coast of

October 3, 2018

The Missing Link: DDT, PCBs, and Autism Spectrum

In the early 1800s, Edward Jenner began experimenting with strains of a disease then-referred to as “cowpox” with the goal of showcasing a possibility to protect children from smallpox by

May 10, 2018

A Titanic Issue: How PCBs Reached the Pacific Abyss

In the 1980s, an oceanic exploration team led by Dr. Robert Ballard attempted the impossible: to discover the wreck of the ill-fated Titanic. The Titanic – whose tale has been

March 7, 2018

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Understanding and Tackling the Invisible Threat

In our ongoing quest to safeguard the environment, ecoSPEARS turns the spotlight on a group of insidious environmental villains: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). These include notorious chemicals like Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDTs),

February 6, 2018

PCBs: A Catastrophic Toxin Poisoning Us All

For months our team has shared a string of articles focusing on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). These toxic cancer-causing chemicals are organic man-made compounds originally used in electronic appliances, fire retardants,

January 13, 2018

A Journey of Innovation and Environmental Transformation

NASA Awards Exclusive License to the Company to Commercialize In-situ Remediation Technology Read The Press Release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171221005187/en/ecoSPEARS-Launches-Transformative-Technology-Permanently-Remove-Persistent In a significant leap towards environmental sustainability, ecoSPEARS has emerged as a beacon

December 21, 2017

Former steel plant more contaminated than anticipated

The Lucas Avenue Superfund site in Dunkirk, NY has been determined to have subterranean levels of contamination “much higher than expected” according to City DPW Director Randy Woodbury. The contamination