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As NOTED IN THE NACOA REPORT, EXCEPT FOR PCB’s AND CHLORINATED 
INSECTICIDES suCH AS DDT, THERE IS LITTLE DATA ON CONCENTRATIONS OF 
PERSISTENT ORGANOHALOGENS IN SEAFOOD- THERE IS ALSO A LACK OF 
SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS ON THE POTENTIAL RISKS TO HUMAN HEALTH FROM 
INGESTION OF ORGANISMS IN THE New York BIGHT CONTAMINATED WITH PCB’s, 
ON THE sources oF PCB’s, AND THE RELATIVE AMOUNTS ENTERING THE BIGHT 
FROM OCEAN DUMPING OR FROM SOURCES ALONG THE HuDsON RIVER- 
SOME MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY HAVE RECOMMENDED THE USE 
OF DEEP OCEAN SITES BECAUSE THEY ARE HIGHLY DISPERSIVE AND UNLIKELY TO 
CAUSE ADVERSE IMPACTS TO BENTHIC COMMUNITIES: THE AcT ITSELF 
ENCOURAGES THE DESIGNATION OF DISPOSAL SITES OFF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF- 
THE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES HAS BEEN OCCURRING AT THE 106 MILE 
OCEAN WASTE DISPOSAL SITE- THIS DEEP OCEAN DUMPSITE IS APPROXIMATELY 
90 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF Cape HENLOPEN, DELAWARE, WITH DEPTHS OF 
BETWEEN 1400 METERS AND 2800 METERS: OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, STUDIES 
HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED AT THE SITE ON THE DISPOSAL THAT HAS OCCURRED 
THERE- SOME ACUTE EFFECTS HAVE BEEN NOTED WHERE ACID-IRON WASTES HAVE 
BEEN DUMPED- HOWEVER, THESE EFFECTS HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN THE DUMP SITE 
IMMEDIATELY AFTER DISCHARGE AND HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE MITIGATED BY THE 
RAPID DILUTION OF WASTES- IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY LONG-TERM 
IMPACTS OF DEEP OCEAN DUMPING OF WASTES LARGELY BECAUSE OF OUR LIMITED 
TECHNICAL ABILITY TO MONITOR THE FATE AND EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS IN DEEP 
OCEAN SITES, IN PART BECAUSE OF RAPID DISPERSION- 
