[CPEO-MEF] Cranbury, New Jersey munitions factory

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Slow going on cleanup; remediation continues of Unexcelled property

By Paul Koepp
The Cranbury Press (NJ)
July 20, 2007

The cleanup of the site of the Unexcelled Chemical Corp. is progressing 
slowly, according to the company that is pursuing a redevelopment 
project there.

The 395-acre Brick Yard Road parcel, located between Route 130 and the 
N.J. Turnpike, is the largest piece of unpreserved open space in the 
township and has been largely unused since an explosion at the 
Unexcelled factory in 1954, which killed two men and injured 10 others.

The explosion also contaminated the site with munitions used to make 
napalm bombs and hand grenades during World War II. The state Department 
of Environmental Protection mandated a cleanup in February 2005 after 
Middlesex County considered purchasing the land for open space.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18610030&BRD=1091&PAG=461&dept_id=425419&rfi=6

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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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