Category Archives: Policy watch

Air pollution from Ports a high cancer risk

Posted on September 5, 2008 by

Pollution risk twelve hundred (1,200) times cancer risk standard [Update #2 (1/25/09] I initially posted on this topic on April 9, 2008 and again on September 5, 2008. Today, after almost a year, the Bergen Record finally got around to … Continue reading →

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“Dumped on and lied to”

Posted on September 4, 2008 by

“We’re a community that’s been dumped on and lied to – my community has lost any confidence in what they’re told by experts or officials because of this. And I can’t blame them.” Hamilton, NJ Mayor Glen Gilmore Bill Wolfe … Continue reading →

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More Bad news on Water Pollution

Posted on September 3, 2008 by

DEP Report finds more streams, lakes, bays, and ocean waters fail to meet standards – trends worsen due to sprawling over-development Unsafe to eat fish from, swim in, or drink from most NJ waters Bill Wolfe Last week, we disclosed … Continue reading →

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DEP Head – firmly back in the sand

Posted on August 29, 2008 by

Erosion of public right to know – DEP reverting to Whitman era Back in 2004, when DEP scientists assembled the initial round of just 6 months of data on drinking water well contamination submitted under the recently enacted Private Well … Continue reading →

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Is 3 + 2 > 100,000?

Posted on August 29, 2008 by

[Update: 8/30/08 – I just checked the DEP webpage to see if they had gotten around to issuing a press release on the PWTA Report. Not yet, but I did find that DEP made it a priority to issue a … Continue reading →

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