Yearly Archives: 2010

DEP Report: Over 500 Unregulated Chemicals In Your Tap Water

DEP scientists presented a Report to the NJ Drinking Water Quality Institute on May 7, 2010. The Report, entitled “Investigations Related to a ‘Treatment-Based’ Regulatory Approach to Address Unregulated Contaminants in Drinking Water“  found over 500 unregulated chemicals are present … Continue reading

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DEP Backpeddling on Dupont Cleanup Permit Deal

DEP move to “streamline” cleanup oversight opposed by Pompton Lakes residents You can read today’s Bergen Record  story by Leslie Scott: Public hearing for DuPont permit will be scheduled soon – or get the real story below. Your choice. On July 25, … Continue reading

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Be Mindful – A Perverse Form of Caveat Emptor

Have We Lost All Touch With: “There ought to be a law against that!”? Back in January, we warned about proposed legislation (S3004/A3852) that would weaken the rights of homeowners, renters, and people purchasing property to know about toxic contamination. … Continue reading

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Scientists with Stones

“If a man seeks to design a better mousetrap he is the soul of enterprise; if he seeks to design a better society he is a crackpot” ~~~ John Kenneth Galbraith “American Capitalism” (1952) [Update below]  No, by “stones”, I’m … Continue reading

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DEP Adopts Clean Air Rule – Rejects Oil Industy Opposition

Corzine Clean Air Proposal Survives Christie Red Tape Review and Cost Benefit Tests [Update: I’d like to clarify an important point I left implicit in the initial post. In a March 8, 2010 post, I posed the question: So what’s … Continue reading

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