[CPEO-BIF] New Jersey - "Are 'capped' chemical sites safe?"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Are 'capped' chemical sites safe?


By ALEX NUSSBAUM
Bergen Record (NJ)
April 1, 2007

Condos in Edgewater. High-rises in North Bergen. Schools in Paterson.

All sitting atop toxic chemicals.

Separated, in most cases, by a few feet of dirt, inches of asphalt or a 
thin plastic liner.

In North Jersey, this is the new definition of clean: Thousands of 
people living, working and playing on properties where pollution has 
been "capped" -- buried under pavement or dirt rather than removed.

As many as 540 sites statewide have been capped. More are on the drawing 
board ready to sprout million-dollar town houses, senior citizen 
complexes, strip malls and office buildings.

Developers love caps because they save millions when they don't have to 
dig up contamination and haul it away.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTA0MjQ3JnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg==

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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