Episode 1:  On Thin Ice
Hazard NJ17 Touko 2022

Episode 1: On Thin Ice

Growing up in Bridgewater, New Jersey, Peggy Fussell has fond memories of ice skating on a local pond—that is, until she discovered that the pond was a toxic waste site.

Decades after chemical producer American Cyanamid ceased its Bridgewater operations, and was declared a Superfund Site, its toxic legacy is precariously contained in local waste ponds. As climate change fuels more intense storms in the region, these ponds risk flooding and spilling over into the nearby community.

With a cleanup that has dragged on for decades and has no clear end in sight, what will it take to avoid catastrophe?

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Episode 6: Toxic Sites in a Tinderbox

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BONUS Episode: Remembering Jim Florio

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Former New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio, who wrote the Superfund law back in 1980, died this week at age 85. In this bonus episode, we reflect on Florio’s efforts to clean up New Jersey and America’s toxic ...

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REWIND: Highlighting the Best of Hazard NJ (So Far)

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Hazard NJ is returning with four new episodes this fall, to take fresh new looks about the relationship between the Garden State's most toxic Superfund sites and climate change. Get ready for the new ...

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BONUS Episode: The Hackensack’s Comeback Moves Ahead

BONUS Episode: The Hackensack’s Comeback Moves Ahead

It’s official: The Hackensack River is New Jersey’s 115th Superfund site. EPA officials gathered with state and local leaders this week to announce the big news, which puts the polluted lower reaches ...

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BONUS Episode: Funding Returns for the Superfund

BONUS Episode: Funding Returns for the Superfund

The Superfund program was designed to be paid for by a tax on chemical and oil companies,  but that tax expired years ago, and the program has been strapped for cash since.    But that has changed in ...

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The mud lining the Hackensack River is a mysterious mixture known to contain mercury, cadmium, lead, PCBs and plenty more nasty substances. Now the river is on its way to becoming New Jersey’s 115th S...

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