Courier News: EPA to address Superfund groundwater near D & R Canal


Groundwater monitoring pumping stations at the American Cyanamid Superfund in Bridgewater, along Cole Drive.
Photo Credit: Courier News

Environmentalists said that a Courier News investigation of hazardous leaks in toxic chemical lagoons on the American Cyanamid Superfund site led the Environment Protection Agency to force the owner to install a system to collect and treat contaminated water.


Levels of carcinogenic benzene 20,000 times greater than regulatory standards had been found in the nearby Raritan River, the EPA reported. As a result, Wyeth Holdings, a subsidiary of Pfizer, will be forced to design and construct a system to prevent contaminated water from seeping into the Raritan, as well as Cuckhold’s Brook and Middle Brook, said Elias Rodriguez, an EPA spokesman. 

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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 7/21/2011 10:00 AM
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