[CPEO-BIF] Health assessment for Pohatcong Valley, New Jersey groundwater contamination

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

DHSS RELEASES HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR POHATCONG VALLEY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

States News Service
May 3, 2012

The following information was released by the New Jersey Department  
of Health and Senior Services:

The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and  
the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)  
today released a health assessment that evaluates public health  
implications of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE)  
contamination in groundwater at the Valley Groundwater Contamination  
Superfund Site in Warren County for public comment. The site includes  
portions of Franklin Township, Washington Township and Washington Boro.

The assessment indicates that impacts on public health differ  
depending on whether water is supplied from a public water source,  
from private wells with filtering systems in place or from private  
wells where filtering is not taking place.

The assessment concludes that exposure to PCE and TCE is not a public  
health concern if drinking water is from the public water supply or  
from private wells equipped with Point-of-Entry-Treatment (POET)  
systems, which filters the water entering the household.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/news_display/1658910262.html

To download the report, go to http://www.nj.gov/health/ceohs/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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