Monthly Archives: October 2010

Garfield Cancer Risk From Chromium in Basements is Highest in US

Cancer Risk is 3 in 10  That risk is 300,000 TIMES HIGHER than NJ’s Standard of 1 in a million [Updates below] Last week, the little known federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) took the “very rare” step of issuing … Continue reading

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Regulatory Update: DEP Dead in the Water; Enviro’s AWOL; Press and Dems Asleep

The Eye of Category 5 Hurrricane Christie/Martin Passing Over Trenton [Updates below] After pounding Trenton for months with record breaking sustained 175 mile per hour winds, destroying several major programs, and killing the morale of over 3,000 DEP workers, the … Continue reading

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Christie Privatizing War Memorial

Yup – add Trenton’s War Memorial to Governor Christie’s Privatization Initiative. Yesterday’s Morris Daily Record reported: Christie seeking private vendors to run Trenton War Memorial Looks like public schools, NJN TV, and DEP land use permits aren’t enough. What’s next? Make your predictions now … Continue reading

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Clean Water Council Considering Privatization

Who Owns Your Tap and Toilet Water? Will You have Clean and Plentiful Water Tomorrow? The Clean Water Council will hold it annual public hearing on Tuesday October 12. This year’s hearing is sure to provoke controversy. Expanded privatization of … Continue reading

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Ideas and Rhetoric Matter

[with Update below] I got criticism from friends whose opinions I trust on yesterday’s post about the Christie land use privatization proposal, claiming that I unfairly quoted Dave Pringle out of context. So I need to do a better job explaining … Continue reading

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