[CPEO-BIF] Pompton Lakes, New Jersey meeting about Dupont site

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

NGM Exclusive: NJDEP up close and personal with the Pompton Lakes community


by Mayble Abraham
New Green Media
August 27, 2009


Pompton Lakes - Representatives of the New Jersey Department of 
Environmental Protection (NJDEP) warmly greeted the 10 residents that 
trickled in at a morning public meeting last Friday.  NJDEP Community 
Relations Coordinator Mindy Mumford answered questions from the small 
group regarding the ongoing cleanup of contaminated Pompton Lakes.

Many noticed the stark emptiness of the Pompton Lakes council room and 
accordingly requested Mumford to schedule another meeting between the 
NJDEP and the community in the evening when people are not working.

Pompton Lakes is the bearer of toxic chemicals like tricholorethene 
(TCE) that were discovered underneath homes in the 1980s.  TCE exposure 
adversely affects the nervous and immune system and is "highly likely" 
to cause cancer according to the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency.  The explosives manufacturer DuPont used TCE since the 1900s as 
an industrial solvent.

...

For the entire article, see
http://newgreenmedia.tv/2009/08/27/ngm-exclusive-njdep-up-close-and-personal-with-the-pompton-lakes-community.aspx

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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