Green group spotlights toxic sites in Newark, New Jersey

February 17, 2008 - Neighbors of the crumbling former Pabst brewery in Newark are probably accustomed to the factory's hulking, hollowed-out buildings, which have been undergoing demolition for a few years.

But what might not occur to them and others, according to environmental officials, is that chemicals remain on the site, seeping into the soil or perhaps buried in it, and that asbestos may drift into the air every time a block of concrete is broken off and tossed in a pile of rubble.

Yesterday, a group of about 150 spent the morning touring some of the most environmentally blighted spots in Newark, and learning just how toxic they are.

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