[CPEO-BIF] Raritan River sites, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wavering on waste: Environmentalists question toxic site reuse

Bob Makin
My Central Jersey
June 25, 2011
Environmentalists, government officials and developers continually  
work together to turn Central Jersey brownfields into green fields  
and Superfund sites into super fun sites. Examples include the  
federally regulated Superfund site Chemical Insecticide Corp. in  
Edison, which once spawned green rabbits and now is a Green Acres- 
protected park. A portion of the American Cyanamid Superfund site in  
Bridgewater now is TD Bank Ballpark, home to the champion Somerset  
Patriots baseball team.

Among the toxic sites in development are two state-regulated  
brownfields across the Raritan River from each other in Sayreville  
and Woodbridge that are expected to create jobs, recreational uses  
and much-needed taxes for their communities. But environmentalists  
have expressed alarm at what they say are questionable  
recommendations and actions by the state Department of Environmental  
Protection, as well as public health concerns related to the reuse of  
the Sayreville and other Central Jersey toxic sites.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20110626/NJNEWS/306260013/ 
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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>
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