"That conveyer belt was functioning in such a way that metals and PCBs, so mercury, copper, lead and PCBs were going directly into the San Francisco Bay, which is a violation of the Clean Water Act," said Jared Blumenfeld from the Environmental Protection Agency's regional administrator.
Blumenfeld says the PCB levels were up to 10,000 times over what was expected and the mercury 100 times -- a danger to fish, wildlife and humans.
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