Monday, December 14, 2009

Lawmakers demand action on New Jersey cancer cluster

December 13, 2009 - New Jersey federal lawmakers are asking the U.S. environmental agency to review whether a DuPont pollution treatment project in Pompton Lakes is adequately protecting residents from harm by contaminants.

In June 2008, DuPont and the state Department of Environmental Protection reported that two chemicals, PCE and TCE, that had migrated from a closed company-owned munitions factory were sending toxic vapors up through soil beneath some 430 homes and potentially into their basements.

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