The agency's tests show that lingering levels of poisons in the river's fish cannot be explained by leaks from the company's factories in Hudson Falls and nearby Fort Edward, where G.E. used PCB's for nearly three decades.
That is good news for investors, but the stagnant wages — and lingering, deep levels of poverty — have left Mexicans themselves not quite feeling "Mexico's Moment," as Mr. Peña Nieto's public relations people often put it.
In glossy magazine ads and TV spots, the company asserts that lingering PCB levels in the river are not a result of old pollution that is still being stirred around, as the government scientists contend, but rather is caused by continuing leaks from a crumbling, fault-riddled old industrial site upriver that is getting cleaner all the time.
The central bank is expected to maintain its general outlook of further increases in unemployment and lingering low levels of inflation, and uphold its accommodative stance on monetary policy.
It is a low-level, lingering, nebulous feeling, hard to turn into a story or drama.
"And I see inflation lingering around current levels for a long time".
But there had also been lingering concerns over the level of public support, and issues surrounding the lack of financial guarantees from local government were only recently resolved.
And despite unemployment lingering at its highest level in decades, Mr. Obama has not fought this year for a big jobs program with billions of dollars for public-works projects, which liberals in his party have clamored for.
The latest report from a 5-year study of health effects among WTC rescue and recovery workers describes a higher level of lingering mental health problems among these workers than in the general population [ EHP 116:1248–1253; Stellman et al.].
But a complete meltdown seems distinctly less likely than gradual stabilisation followed by a tepid recovery, with soaring debt levels and lingering high unemployment.
