Nope. That was Occidental (Hooker Chemicals).
Charlie
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of John Hermanson
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 8:49 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: New Camera Maker
GE is also resposible for the PCB contamination of the Hudson River
going back to the 70's. Were they also involved in Love Canal?
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John Hermanson
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Richard Lovison wrote:
> On 2/13/07, Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>General Electric has decided to make cameras under a subsidiary
>>called General Imaging in Torrance, CA. They have hired some
>>interesting people, former president of Olympus, former global sales
>>head of Arcsoft and North American sales for Samsung and Ricoh, and
>>the designer of the Sony Walkman, Sony Vaio, and Olympus Stylus
cameras.
>
>
>
> California isn't far enough away from Massachusetts for GE to conduct
> operations in my opinion. A GE facility left the town of Pittsfield,
MA
> (about 25 miles from us) as well as parts of the Housatonic River in a
> horrible state due to PCB contamination. They gave new meaning to the
> phrase "we bring good things to life".
>
> Richard L
>
>
>
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