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November/December 2002/January 2003
The opinions expressed are those of Bruce Anderson
T.E.A.C.H.
Toms River, New Jersey
As we look to a brighter future, TEACH will remain active on issues of environmental concern. One of our missions is to make sure that the lessons of the Toms River Cancer Cluster are learned and the mistakes made here are not repeated.
TEACH is now registered as a not-for-profit corporation in the state of New Jersey. With the public's help we can make a difference and have a cleaner environment for our children.
Toms River Project
Wagner College and Ocean County College Partnership
Toms River, New Jersey
Wagner College located in Staten Island, New York and Ocean County College in Toms River in late September held an interdisciplinary-intercollegiate presentation on "Examination of Elevated Childhood Cancer" in Toms River, NJ.
TEACH members gave presentations in the morning and in the afternoon the students interviewed officials, TEACH family members and other organizations. We commend the leadership that Wagner College has taken in this fourth year study of important environment
issues in their community living program.
Toms River Project - Wagner College
Eastern PIRG Organizing Conference
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Several members of TEACH recently attended the New Jersey Interest Research Group (NJPIRG), a conference for college students working to make concrete social change in their community.
This event gave young leaders from the EAST Coast the opportunity to come together, learn skills they can take back to their campuses for organizing around pertinent issues of the day, and network with other activists. "Students are the future of our social change movement. Students working with PIRGs and other groups across the East Coast are
working to defend our cornerstone environmental laws at the national level. Students are working to cleanup our local waterways and to fight poverty." We support NJPIRG efforts and enjoyed working with the students.
The Toxic Contents from Both Landfills
on the Ciba-Geigy Superfund Site
should be Removed
Toms River, New Jersey
Approximately 38,000 drums of toxic waste will be left on the Ciba-Geigy Superfund Site in one landfill, while 35,000 drums of toxic waste will be removed from another. EPA officials have expressed no interest in these additional drums and are not interested in the public concern.
Why aren't our government agencies working with and protecting the citizens, instead of having close ties to the corporate giants. It is only common sense to remove all drums of toxic waste now, not when the drums leak and pollute our aquifer, which will occur over time. Toms River has enough contamination plumes to
deal with, why clean up one and leave a potential one for our children? The access road to remove these drums is here today and removal can be completed if only the company and our officials would listen to our concerns.
We encourage the public to help us by writing letters to the Governor of New Jersey, Senators and Representatives on all levels requesting that action be taken to remove all toxic drums of waste buried on the Ciba Geigy superfund site. Please help support our efforts, for now is the time to take action to remove these additional 38,000 drums.
This link is to the March 2002 cover page on Cell 1 and the 38,000 additional drums
This link is to the News Article on the EPA Meeting of May 29,2002.
This link is to the Asbury Park Press Editorial of June 1, 2002
Parkway Well Field Samples, Comparison 2001 to 2002
Wells 22, 24, and 29
Month of April
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Well # |
April 11, 2001 |
April 18, 2002 |
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Well 22 |
Untreated:
Chloroform: 0.3
MTBE: 0.6
Trimer: <0.03
Simazine: 0.02J
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Untreated:
Chloroform: 0.3J
MTBE: 0.4
Trimer: <0.02
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
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Well 24 |
Trimer: <0.03 |
Trimer: <0.02 |
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Well 29 |
Untreated:
MTBE: 0.3J
Trimer:<0.03
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Untreated:
MTBE: 0.3
Trimer:<0.02
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Month of May
|
Well # |
May 9, 2001 |
May 7, 2002 |
|
Well 22 |
Untreated:
Not Sampled
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Untreated:
Not Sampled
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
|
Well 24 |
Trimer: <0.03
Fluorene .002J |
Trimer: <0.02
Methylene chloride: 0.3 |
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Well 29 |
Untreated:
Not Sampled
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Untreated:
Not Sampled
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Month of June
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Well # |
June 7, 2001 |
June 13, 2002 |
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Well 22 |
Untreated:
Not Sampled
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Untreated:
Not Sampled
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
|
Well 24 |
Trimer: .03
Chloroform: 0.1 |
Not Sampled |
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Well 29 |
Untreated:
Not Sampled
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Untreated:
Not Sampled
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Month of July
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Well # |
July 12, 2001 |
July 10, 2002 |
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Well 22 |
Untreated:
Chloroform: 0.3
MTBE: 0.8
Trimer: <0.03
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Untreated:
Chloroform: 0.3J
MTBE: 0.5
Trimer: <0.02
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
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Well 24 |
Trimer: <0.03
Chloroform 0.1
MTBE 0.1J |
Not Sampled |
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Well 29 |
Untreated:
MTBE: 0.5
Trimer:<0.03
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Untreated:
MTBE: 0.3
Trimer:<0.02
After GAC Treatment
Not Sampled |
Parkway Well Field Samples
Well 44 and Point of Entry
Month of April
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Sample Point
Sampled |
April 11, 2001 |
April 18, 2002 |
|
Well 44 |
Well not in operation
Not Sampled |
Trimer: <0.02 |
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Parkway Point of Entry |
Chloroform: 0.2
Bromodichloromethane: 0.3
Dibromochloromethane: 0.5
MTBE: 0.4
Trimer: <0.03 |
Chloroform: 0.2J
Bromodichloromethane: 0.3J
Dibromochloromethane: 0.4
MTBE: 0.2
Trimer: <0.02 |
Month of May
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Sample Point
Sampled |
May 9, 2001, 2001 |
May 7, 2002 |
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Well 44 |
Trimer: 0.03
Chloroform: 0.1
MTBE: 0.3J |
Trimer: <0.02
Chloroform: 0.1J |
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Parkway Point of Entry |
Chloroform: 0.2
Bromodichloromethane: 0.2
Dibromochloromethane: 0.3
MTBE: 0.3J
Trimer: <0.03
Bromoform: .1J |
Chloroform: 0.2J
Bromodichloromethane: 0.3J
Dibromochloromethane: 0.4
MTBE: 0.2
Trimer: <0.02 |
Month of June
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Sample Point
Sampled |
June 7, 2001 |
June 13, 2002 |
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Well 44 |
Trimer: 0.03
Chloroform: 0.2 |
Trimer: <0.02 |
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Parkway Point of Entry |
Chloroform: 0.2
Bromodichloromethane: 0.1
Dibromochloromethane: 0.2
Trimer: <0.03 |
Chloroform: 0.3J
Bromodichloromethane: 0.4J
Dibromochloromethane: 0.6
Bromoform: 0.2J
MTBE: 0.3
Trimer: <0.02 |
Month of July
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Sample Point
Sampled |
July 12, 2001 |
July 10, 2002 |
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Well 44 |
Trimer: 0.03
Chloroform: 0.2
MTBE: 0.4J |
Trimer: <0.02 |
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Parkway Point of Entry |
Chloroform: 0.2
Bromodichloromethane: 0.2
Dibromochloromethane: 0.3
MTBE: 0.3J
Trimer: <0.03 |
Chloroform: 0.3
Bromodichloromethane: 0.4
Dibromochloromethane: 0.4
Trimer: <0.02 |
Several important meetings are scheduled, for further details look under "Local Events" on the sidebar or click on this link.
The previous cover page can be found under "RESOURCES", Previous Month's Cover Pages.
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