[CPEO-BIF] "Pompton Lakes pollution is still there, but threat level has eased" (NJ)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pompton Lakes pollution is still there, but threat level has eased

BY JAMES M. O'NEILL
RECORD (NJ)
August 13, 2015



This July 17, 2015, file photo shows the gate at the former DuPont factory in Pompton Lakes.
When scientists began raising alarms about a decade ago on the health risks of a newly discovered phenomenon they called vapor intrusion, it  presented a frightening specter for people living above contaminated land: silent, invisible toxic vapors seeping into their homes with the power to cause illness and even cancer.

Now, as the body of science builds, regulators in some instances are dialing back their concerns about health risks.

That was the scenario recently when the state drastically reduced the number of homes in Pompton Lakes it considered at risk from a plume of contaminated groundwater. Experts said it was an example of how their understanding of vapor intrusion is evolving, but people who live above the contamination were skeptical, given their mistrust over the way the polluter and the government have handled the case.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/news/pompton-lakes-pollution-is-still-there-but-threat-level-has-eased-1.1392198

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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