Dredging Up the Passaic's Tainted Past ; $80m Project to Remove Poisoned Sediment
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 24, 2008
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Half of the cancer-causing chemical dioxin that pollutes the Passaic River will be removed under an agreement announced Monday between federal officials and polluters.
During the $80 million cleanup, 200,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment will be removed from the lower Passaic near the former Diamond Shamrock factory in Newark. The factory once made Agent Orange, the cancer-causing defoliant used in the Vietnam War.See the full content of this document
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Dredging Up the Passaic's Tainted Past ; $80m Project to Remove Poisoned Sediment
Incoming tides could have spread the contamination as far upriver as the Dundee Dam in Garfield.
The project, on a river often referred to as one of the most polluted in America, will take several year...See the full content of this document
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