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Jack Says: "The word 'dump' is used! We didn't dump! We had a permit from the U.S. government and the State of New York to do exactly what we did. Do you think I'd come to work in a company that would do that or condone that? I wouldn't do it, Lesley! This is nuts!" -- Jack Welch's response to Lesley Stahl's question about GE's pollution of the Hudson River (CBS News Transcripts, 60 MINUTES, October 29, 2000) THE RECORD: In fact, in 1976, a New York State administrative law judge found that GE's discharges were in violation of permits and violated water quality laws. Although in 1970 GE had been warned by Monsanto - the manufacturer of PCBs - to prevent PCBs from entering the environment, GE discharged PCBs until 1977.Read More Is President Bush a man of his words? Ad placed in NY Times on 11 July 2001. Download PDF of Ad. Ad placed in NY Times on 27 June 2001 Ad placed in NY Times on 13 June 2001 Latest News Citizens to Cleanup GE repsponse to EPA decision EPA’s Expected Reversal on Hudson Cleanup Raises National Alarm Court Orders G.E. To Notify Consumers Of Its Deceptive Practices Thousands of New Yorkers To Be Fully Compensated for Unnecessary Dishwasher Purchases PCB's Impact Hudson River Fishing Report from the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation Special Editon of the Multinational Monitor: The Case Against GE Toxics on the Hudson The Story of GE, PCB's and the Hudson River. Read the press release announcing the launch of CleanUpGE.org. Read the Citizens Guide on GE's Legacy of PCB dumping from Toxics Targeting.Contact us via Email Video Library Don Morrison raised his daughter Mary Beth on a farm covered in PCBs. Walter Hang follows the GE's toxic trail through the Hudson Valley. Doug Bessette ate fish he caught from PCB waters.