The Nation - News from Aug. 16, 1985
The General Services Administration said it will cost $982,000 to remove potentially hazardous PCB chemicals from 33 electrical transformers serving the White House complex and three other federal office centers in Washington. The White House announced last week that two electrical transformers in the executive office complex had leaked PCBs, polychlorinated biphenyls, used as a coolant but found to be a potential cancer-causing agent. Officials said the leaking transformers were under a street adjacent to the White House.
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