August 24, 2009- In one short sentence, Gloucester City Mayor William James summed up the mission and frustration of a decade of radioactive-waste removal north and south of the Walt Whitman Bridge: "Just get it out of here."
Residents welcome $22 million in federal stimulus money that will finish the cleanup of a portion of the Welsbach/General Gas Mantle Superfund site. The former factory at Fourth and Jefferson Streets in Camden's Waterfront South neighborhood is one of 50 sites nationwide sharing $600 million. The factories left behind thorium, a radioactive chemical used to make mantles glow brighter. It's tasteless and odorless, and it lingers for 14 billion years. Prolonged exposure can increase the chance of cancer and lung disease.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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