(Michael Sol Warren/NJ Spotlight News)Ringwood site was used by Ford Motor Company to dump toxic waste in the '60s and 70s
(Michael Sol Warren/NJ Spotlight News)Ringwood site was used by Ford Motor Company to dump toxic waste in the '60s and 70s
(AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)Elimination of the tax could slow cleanup efforts at ‘orphaned sites’ in New Jersey


Interview: Jordan Gass-Poore’, host of Hazard NJ podcast

The toxic chemicals are now even in our blood

Environmental hazards, school bullying, elections, indictments and more
NJ Spotlight NewsDozens of former landfills, industrial waste sites and illegal toxic dumps in NJ have been transformed

Interview with podcast host Jordan Gass-Poore'

Can the Hackensack River be cleaned up before the next big storm?
(NJ Spotlight News/Michael Sol Warren)Native Americans residents who struggle with Ringwood Mines contamination say federal refusal to formally recognize them as a tribe has weakened their hand in cleanup

Now climate change adds to threat caused by the toxic mess at bottom of the river
(NJ Spotlight News)It’s been almost four decades since the river was listed as a Superfund priority. Only now are cleanup plans taking shape

Interview with podcast host Jordan Gass-Poore'

Many of the state's Superfund sites are situated along waterways prone to flooding

At the toxic American Cyanamid Superfund site in Bridgewater, floodwaters are a constant concern

Coming May 18: A podcast series from NJ Spotlight News highlights the intersection of pollution and climate change in the Garden State