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At Paulsboro water info session ‘a constructive dialogue’ is aim
Solvay Specialty Polymers — the West Deptford-based company that has been blamed for contaminating the borough’s water — will send representatives to Paulsboro’s town council meeting Tuesday, hoping to provide helpful information to the dozens of residents expected to attend. Borough council has moved its regular work session meeting from the municipal building to the […]
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Paulsboro water contamination brings second lawsuit against Solvay Specialty Polymers
A second lawsuit has been filed against Solvay Specialty Polymers in West Deptford following complaints of water contaminated in Paulsboro stemming from the plastics plant. Three Paulsboro families have filed suit and are being represented by the Cedar and Williams, Cuker and Berezofsky law firms. The families claim that Solvay improperly disposed of solid or […]
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Water contamination latest blow for Paulsboro
The very thing Shirley Johnston is fighting against is all around her, flowing from the faucet in her cozy kitchen, showering onto family members in the bathroom. Johnston and Paulsboro’s 6,100 other residents are navigating the latest public health scare – elevated levels of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), used to make plastics and other materials, in […]
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Paulsboro water saga brings lawsuit against Solvay Specialty Polymers
A class-action lawsuit has been filed by 12 borough residents against Solvay Specialty Polymers in regards to Paulsboro’s public water supply being contaminated with chemicals that were used in the company’s plastics-making enterprise. Tests of Paulsboro’s main water supply — well No. 7 — has found levels of perfluorochemicals (PFCs), such as perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) […]
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West Deptford: Well with pollutant is shut down
West Deptford officials have shut down a water-supply well containing a pollutant that has raised concerns in neighboring Paulsboro. The township is taking precautionary measures, officials say, after a certain type of perfluorinated compound (PFC) was found in Well No. 3. The compound – perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) – is believed to stem from a township-based […]
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West Deptford shuts down water well as ‘precaution’ after possible contamination detected
The township has shut down one of its six water supply wells after finding evidence of an industrial chemical currently causing problems in Paulsboro’s drinking water. West Deptford acting administrator Brandon Umba on Friday stated the shutdown is “precautionary,” and stressed that the township’s tap water is safe to drink. Complaints of water contamination have […]
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DEP response to Pauslboro water woes: ‘An abundance of caution’ needed
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has responded to complaints about possible contamination in the borough’s public water supply with a letter stating that action is warranted for the most sensitive populations. Tests of Pauslboro’s main water supply — well #7 — has found levels of perfluorochemicals (PFCs), such as perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) up […]
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Paulsboro may sue plastics company over PFCs in water
Officials in Paulsboro may sue a plastics company whose West Deptford facility has been connected to potentially dangerous compounds tainting a water supply. The borough sent a letter to Gov. Christie this week calling for the state’s Departments of Environmental Protection and Health to immediately address the contamination issue. Mayor W. Jeffery Hamilton wrote that […]
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Vitamins with fluoride
… “Everybody needs vitamins, the question is, do you need additional vitamins than what you’re (getting from) eating, and that depends on what you eat,” said Arnold Solof, a doctor with Vineland Pediatrics. “(The need for vitamins) may also depend on your age, sex, and any unusual aspects about an individual, such as an underlying […]
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Tests heighten worries about toxins in water in Paulsboro-West Deptford
A chemical company operating in West Deptford said it has begun testing public water supplies for PFCs, a potentially carcinogenic class of chemicals that has been previously detected there, in an effort to find the source of the contamination. The announcement by Solvay Solexis came days after officials in nearby Paulsboro said they had found […]
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