[CPEO-BIF] "Pompton Lakes [New Jersey] residents skeptical of state changes that shrink pollution danger zone"

[Lenny Siegel]

Pompton Lakes residents skeptical of state changes that shrink pollution danger zone


BY JAMES M. O'NEILL
THE RECORD (NJ)
July 16, 2015
  
Lisa Riggiola’s Pompton Lakes home is no longer in an area contaminated by DuPont that poses a health risk after the state Department of Environmental Protection revised its pollution measurement standards.

After changing its environmental standards, the state has dramatically shrunk the size of a contaminated area in Pompton Lakes it believes to  pose a health risk – and cut in half the number of homes considered vulnerable to the pollution.

State officials say they made the decision based on a better understanding of the health effects of contamination, but the sudden change is drawing sharp rebuke from residents, who already harbor a deep mistrust of the state and federal agencies overseeing the site, as well as DuPont, the company whose operations caused the contamination. Residents have been waiting for decades for a full cleanup of the area.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/news/pompton-lakes-residents-skeptical-of-state-changes-that-shrink-pollution-danger-zone-1.1375794

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Lenny Siegel
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