Pompton Lakes has been purged from history.

Looking through the history of Dupont - Duponte - Du Pont De Nemours -  E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , and doing searches on different pages, has turned up no reference of Pompton Lakes. SAD!
They have a huge history of Dupont website, and Pompton Lakes is not mentioned anywhere...
Got these pictures from Google search. That's the factory in Pompton Lakes above. I am going to leave the width of the picture wide because my followers who live there are exactly where they live right now in Pompton Lakes. Sitting in the toxic silt and vapors from the underground flume of cancer causing chemicals.
And this is near by in Haskell, NJ, a main office. The town seems to be named for one of the person on the top of the company. They learned not to work near the plants after 100 years. There founder was blown up in his office when one of their plants exploded close by...Plus the Toxic chemicals were known by the managers very well.
1802 - 2013 been around.

Find out who, what, and where here...
 http://www2.dupont.com/Phoenix_Heritage/en_US/explore.html

DuPont Danger Was Hidden Away

 In 1987, when John Sinsimer became mayor of Pompton Lakes, N.J., he had no idea about the contamination at a DuPont explosives plant and the fact that groundwater laced with toxic solvents was spreading under a nearby neighborhood. Hardly anyone was aware of it, although documents show DuPont and state environmental officials had been discussing it for several years. Three months into his term, Sinsimer learned about the contamination -- by accident -- when he found documents about DuPont locked in a Borough Hall file cabinet. His discovery led to the first public hearing about the contamination. Outraged borough officials and residents pressured the state Department of Environmental Protection to broaden the scope of testing, which helped uncover evidence that the pollution had spread much farther into a nearby neighborhood, poisoning wells, contaminating yards and threatening the health of residents.
"If [Sinsimer] hadn't come across those documents, who knows what would have happened," said Raymond Forrester, a former councilman.
Source: O'Neill, J. M. (2010, June 1). DuPont danger was hidden away. Record, The (Hackensack, NJ). Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Synopsis:

Councilman's comments on DuPont contamination anger reader

Seeks public apology
Dear Editor:
I am writing you today in regards to the article which was published in the Argus (and Suburban Trends) newspapers, "The EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) visiting Pompton Lakes." In the article I noticed that Councilman Simone had some choice words for the residents to which I and many others found embarrassing, out of line, ill-tempered, and definitely not a positive message to portray as an elected official.

Watching the minutes of the town meeting further reinforced the negative image when Mayor Cole herself had to remind Councilman Simone that this was not "fitting" for the reports portion of the meeting. I find this to be unfitting in more ways that I can count. It was so very far from professional and was clearly reflective of the "stand-offish" attitude Councilman Simone has displayed on many occasions where residents have brought up the issue of the known contamination of our town. His words I quote from the article are as follows.

"Councilman Mike Simone attended the afternoon session and he expressed that he was not happy with how some of the residents interacted with the EPA officials."

"I think it is disgraceful when people confront, antagonize, and throw out malicious comments for no real reason when the people from the EPA were here to help us," he said. "They were accosting everyone who stood up at the microphone that didn't agree with them and they talked out of turn. I have to say that I was disappointed," said Simone.

Now, if you can, imagine how the residents feel about their elected officials all but throwing them under the bus for trying to bring to light the numerous problems directly related to the DuPont contamination issue. One by one residents come to Councilman Simone looking for help and they are ignored and told that their question needs to be researched without any further explanation! Our residents’ homes are considered contaminated by numerous banks and my understanding is that the borough would no longer have accounts with these banks. That is a gesture, a simple act, but it does not help the residents who are financially locked into their homes, which are still sitting on top of contaminated soil and water.

After decades of lies, deceit, and political "shell games," we the residents, who elected Councilman Simone and his counterparts on the Pompton Lakes council to protect us, now are being subjected to his obvious frustration over the matter of righting the many, many wrongs put upon them. I ask this councilman, if you discovered that you were lied to by the number-one polluter in the world –DuPont – for decades as the residents of the Plume were regarding the vapor intrusion issues brought to light, would you not be upset at the very least if not downright irate? I am talking about the health and well-being of the borough residents he was elected to represent. Our entire community is plagued by this contamination issue and it is not going to go away – it never will, there are simply too many people who care too much to let that happen!

At this time I am expecting an explanation and apology to the community as a whole for the councilman's embarrassing and ill-tempered remarks in the papers for all to see and even more so during council meetings where residents are treated as a nuisance if they even mention the contamination. This just makes the councilman's comments all that more telling that he and many others serving this community are doing everything except helping the very real problem at hand. The topic of testing the Lakeside Middle School and its field for safety seems to be of low priority, which is again a very clear indicator that either the council does not have the willingness or fortitude to confront DuPont's toxic legacy and continue to apply pressure to ensure this polluter cleans up every inch of this town at DuPont’s expense. In my 30-plus years in this town, I played youth sports on the Barbara Drive field and every other field in the Pompton Lakes/Riverdale area. My health has declined rapidly with illness associated with living in a toxic environment.

At this time I am expecting nothing short of a letter of apology to the community as a whole for the very unprofessional and ill-tempered remarks made by the councilman – anything short of that is unacceptable. I will personally make sure this issue and the councilman's documented words and actions past and present are known to all. At the end of the day, the EPA that came to Pompton Lakes is an organization that has nothing to offer the borough except cleanup pilot studies and talk! The time for talk is over and to trust DuPont to test for any contamination issue in this town is a conflict-of-interest on all levels. DuPont is the polluter, not the residents. The EPA has been for all intents and purposes "neutered" by our governor, Chris Christie, who cares nothing for New Jersey's environment and has shown this in his lower drinking water standards, air-quality standards, and by passing environmental laws to speed up reconstruction of devastated areas of this state.

I am expecting a timely response to this issue and I will continue to advise my many followers on various social-media sites as to the horrendous state of affairs in a town where residents, my neighbors, are being poisoned in their homes. Unfortunately, the planning of Pompton Day seems to be of a higher priority to our elected officials here in Pompton Lakes. … I can assure all elected to serve the residents, that myself and many others are keeping a very watchful eye on the people elected to look out for our well-being. Personal opinions will tend to clash but at this time the councilman's very unprofessional statement should be retracted immediately. In closing, I have no confidence in his leadership of my community. I will continue to pursue this issue until it is resolved in the form of a public retraction of the Councilman Simone’s ill-tempered and out-of-line comments.

Patrick J. Giles,
Pompton Lakes

- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/217334481_Councilman_s_comments_on_DuPont_contamination_anger_reader.html


DuPont pilot study underway in Pompton Lakes
A second pilot study to determine the best method to remove chlorinated solvents from the groundwater in the borough's Plume area is underway.

DuPont Project Manager Dave Epps (center) talks with Pompton Lakes Mayor Katie Cole about how the bioremediation process works. They are joined by George Nemethsr, an environmental scientist for O'Brien and Gere, on June 25.

In 2011, DuPont unsuccessfully performed its first pilot study that was designed to remove the Tetrachloroethene (PCE) and Trichloroethene (TCE), two chemicals that infiltrated the groundwater when the company operated a munitions factory in the borough from 1902 to 1994.

In the 1980s, the community learned that DuPont had contaminated the soil, groundwater, and the neighboring streams with these solvents, as well as lead, mercury, and other contaminants used in their manufacturing processes.

In the first pilot study, the company poured vegetable oil mixed with microorganisms into the groundwater in an attempt to remove the chlorinated solvents.

This is a process known as bioremediation, which uses microorganisms to reduce the chemical concentrations in the environment.

DuPont officials explained that his process uses microorganisms to break down the TCE and PCE into ethane, and the vegetable oil is the fuel the microorganisms need to live off of in order to continue to do this.

DuPont reported that this mixture was unsuccessful in the first pilot test because it would not move through the soil and come in contact with the TCE and PCE.

In this second pilot study, the company is mixing lactate with the microorganisms for a texture that is less viscous than the oil.

DuPont began this second pilot study on June 25 at the intersection of Barbara Drive and Schuyler Avenue. Officials said this area was chosen because it has the highest levels of TCE and PCE.

On that day DuPont Project Manager Dave Epps said the company will study this process for the next six months to determine its effectiveness.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/215471651_DuPont_pilot_study_underway_in_Pompton_Lakes.html





Pompton Lakes resident writes protest song about the Plume

History of a cleanup

and Pete Seeger opens the show...


THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013
BY LESLIE SCOTT
STAFF WRITER
His name is Kenn Moutenot. He is a musician, entertainer and producer who grew up in Pompton Lakes and now lives in Bergenfield.
Over the years he has played with Dramarama, Deodato, and Buddy Miles, and is currently touring with Rick Derringer.
He will debut this song at a free gathering from 4 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 8 at Saint John's Church, 81 Christopher St., in New York City, where other artists will also perform that evening.
Moutenot explained that he was inspired to write this song after concluding that the New York-based law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, which is representing the residents of the Plume, did not have the residents' best interests at heart.
"The song is a tribute to the families of Pompton Lakes and my family of Pompton Lakes. That was the inspiration, to write the song out of frustration for unfair compensation," he said.
He said he was offered either a $1,600 settlement or medical monitoring, without holding DuPont at fault.
Moutenot said he would not agree to these terms and the law firm told him that if he did not, it would sign off on the settlement in his behalf.
"DuPont is sending these Weitz & Luxenberg lawyers to my home to try and take the lowest possible settlement, and that's their job, and I told them that right to their face, and they did not deny it, by the way," he said.
He explained that he understands that Weitz & Luxenberg is representing residents of the Plume in this lawsuit, but ultimately the law firm will be paid if and when a settlement is reached with DuPont.
He said the attorneys were pushing him to sign, and he didn't like that. So instead of getting mad, he said, he wrote a song.
"This is a song about making sure that our planet is OK for our children's children in 100 years. That is what the point is. Hey, maybe this will help bring attention and create better regulations in the future. Not that I have that much power with a song, but who knows?"
Moutenot also put together the website song3.biz to explain his story and explain why he decided to write this song.
He explained that he wants the Plume residents to be fairly compensated for what they have had to endure.
According to the website, "Home and property values in Pompton Lakes Plume area are reduced considerably. Market prices show a definite decrease in Plume zone structures and property."
It then asks DuPont to consider purchasing these homes "as a gesture of apologizing and repaying losses."
The song's debut on Aug. 8 won't be the end of his fight, Moutenot said.
He will be touring with Rick Derringer and other groups along the East Coast this summer, and he will spread the word about the Plume then, and in future years.
Local activist Lisa Riggiola said she was pleased Moutenot is showing an interest in this issue.
Officials from DuPont and from Weitz & Luxenberg declined to comment.

Plume area residents filed a lawsuit against DuPont shortly after they learned that the chlorinated solvents tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) were entering their homes from the groundwater.

These solvents got in the water when DuPont operated the Pompton Lakes Works facility from 1902 to April 1994.

Products manufactured at the facility included explosive powder containing mercury and lead, detonating fuses, electric blasting caps, metal wires, and aluminum and copper shells.

The manufacturing operations and waste management practices contaminated soil, sediment, and groundwater both on-site and off-site.

This contamination was made known to the community in the 1980s and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ordered DuPont to conduct a cleanup – a project that still goes on today.

In 2009 test results showed that this water is emitting high levels of TCE and PCE vapors into the air.

Since this time, the company has been arranging with every homeowner in the affected area to test the air and install a system that would remove these vapors from each home.

Residents were also hit with some bad news when a health study compiled by the New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services (NJDHSS) showed that there were high levels of certain cancers in this area.

Although the NJDHSS did not link these cancers to these vapors, they are known carcinogens.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/216869421_Pompton_Lakes_resident_writes_protest_song_about_the_Plume_song_about_DuPont_lawsuit.html?c=y&page=3

NAGASAKI - HIROSHIMA

REMEMBERENCE EVENT - 69 YEARS AFTER

Date: Thursday. AUGUST 8th. 2013

Time : 6 - 10 pm

Location : Saint John’s Church

81 Christopher Street . Greenwich Village New York City

Corner 7th Avenue South make Right onto Christopher building on Right side of street second building on North corner.
Admission is FREE - FREE STREET PARKING after 6 PM
Peace Poll Ceremony 7PM
Superb star studded event featuring legendary musical artists ,
eco matters , thoughts of remembrance for those lost during the attack 69 years ago HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI.

Artist Line up at about 8:00 pm

Pete Seeger ( Invited )

Spook Handy ( Activist - Songwriter ) ( Invited )

Bobby DiBlasio " Take it From Me " Solo Acoustic 12 String

Debuting song for Pompton Lakes residents titled

" DuPont's Henchmen"

Kenn Moutenot Vocals

Featuring special guest artists on this song only !

Juma Sultan ( Jimi Hendrix, Archie Shepp , World Artist)

Hand Percussion Master

Dean DeCastro ( Guitars for God ) Acoustic Guitar

Charles Torres ( Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer )

Bass Guitar

Mike Garbe (Adrenalize) Drum Set




Gigantic Special Thanks to:

Pastor Mark

Producer - Organizer HIROSHIMA - NAGASAKI : SuZen

Phil Sauers President of World Water Rescue Foundation

Sharon Benson - composer of "Water Not Weapon's "

Robert Forenza - Hugg A Planet

Good News Planet TV

Robert Spiegel - Edison Wetlands Association

Lisa Riggiola- Citizens For A Clean Pompton Lakes

Susana Basterrica Peace Vigil 2013 Central Park NYC

James Cannings

Chris VanderEssen Psyncus Project Artistry

Yasgur's Farmers

CameoHD Film Production


Proceeding will also feature folk legend

Peter Yarrow of ( Peter, Paul & Mary fame )

PLUS other guests and artists will follow until about 10:30 pm

We are open to everyone and thank you for

understanding later performance times.

Have faith this will be an evening to remember !


All star guests performing important songs of the day , plus debut of

song inspired by the ongoing POMPTON LAKES verses DUPONT case.

A composition involving the story of 90 years toxic dumping in New Jersey.

Read the story , hear the song , get full information about this event at

http://www.song3.biz/

anytime. This show will be everything from

moments of silence to uplifting dance songs and sounds of praise !

Be with us on this hot Summer night in the most fantastic city in the world. Artist line up and more details at

story page of http://www.song3.biz/

web site ! Thank you much for your support and please download song

so may sing along with us at this spiritual event !

May God keep blessing all of us. See you there !!!

Stop DuPont Chemical from Poisoning New Jersey Families...Uranium? And Petition !

From 1902 to 1994, the DuPont Chemical company dumped chemicals into New Jersey’s Pompton Lakes. While the company abandoned the explosives site years ago, it has yet to clean up the mess it left behind. The closed work site is still owned by DuPont.

For decades, families like mine have been suffering from the toxic pollution left in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey by DuPont Chemical. Hundreds of families suffer from poisonous gases in the soil that migrate up into our basements. The air we breathe inside our homes is filled with cancer-causing TCE, and the full extent of all this pollution in our community is still not fully understood.

DuPont Chemical, the company responsible for this pollution, has had years to clean up their mess--but they have failed. It's time the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) declare Pompton Lakes a Superfund site and take over the clean-up once and for all.

Two years ago, the New Jersey Department of Human Health and Senior Services released a shocking report with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. It found a "significantly elevated" cancer rate in the region potentially linked to contamination from the Pompton Lakes DuPont explosives site. DuPont Chemical has proposed a five-year cleanup plan--but that plan will not make our community safe.

DuPont's plan does not address the high levels of mercury, lead, and other toxic chemicals that they left in our creeks and lakes.

It’s clear that DuPont doesn’t care about the Pompton Lakes community, so it’s up to the USEPA to take a stand and protect our health. The USEPA must list this site on the federal Superfund National Priorities list. Cleanup cannot be left in the hands of DuPont Chemical.

To:
The President of the United States
The U.S. Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives
The Governor of NJ
The NJ State Senate
The NJ State House
Judith Enck, USEPA Region 2 Administrator
Walter Mugdan, USEPA Region 2 Superfund Director
John LaPadula, USEPA Region 2 Superfund Branch Chief
Barack Obama, President
Bob Perciasepe, USEPA Administrator 

I urge you to immediately list the Pompton Lakes DuPont Works Site as a federal Superfund site under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) program. Adding the DuPont Pompton Lakes Works site into the United States Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Program will ensure protection for the families living in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. 



Unfortunately, under the control of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) for the last two decades, the Pompton Lakes DuPont Works site leaked chemicals, languishing unremediated, and DuPont dragged their feet while residents continued to be breathe in toxic gases. While the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is now a co-lead on the remediation, a lack of trust with the State of New Jersey still plagues the community with a stalled installation of vapor mitigation systems. 



At numerous pubic meetings, the USEPA stated many times that the Pompton Lakes DuPont Works Site would more than qualify for Superfund status. In fact, this site was given a Hazardous Ranking Score of “68” in 1982, which is almost three times the “28.5” score needed to qualify for Superfund status. This scoring would have likely been worse if it included mercury or vapor intrusion pathway of exposure.

In addition, USEPA’s Region 2, at the Pompton Lakes DuPont Works site affects more people by vapor intrusion than any other site. More than 450 homes are blighted by toxic vapor gases rising through their basements from the trichloroethylene-contaminated groundwater plume. 



In addition, Superfund means community participation is required by law. Under the current RCRA status, community participation is optional, whereas Superfund requires community involvement and addresses community concerns in writing. Listing this as a Superfund site would guarantee that Pompton Lakes families have real community involvement incorporating the community’s input before, not after, decisions are made on specific cleanup options and permits. A perfect example is the recently approved cleanup of Pompton Lake, which was approved behind closed doors without public input.



In closing, I request that USEPA immediately designate the Pompton Lakes DuPont Works site as a federal Superfund Site under CERCLA. I appreciate your timely assistance on this important matter, as hundreds of families continue to suffer from poisonous gases rising into their homes.

Thank you for taking immediate action.



Sincerely,
[Your name]

If you go to the link here for the petition there are many news stories to read... And Please sign the petition...

http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-dupont-chemical-from-poisoning-new-jersey-families

Like this on the local news...People keep dying of cancer...Pompton is in a valley...

New Jersey Community Devastated by Contaminated Water

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1638487957001/new-jersey-community-devastated-by-contaminated-water/

Video Minutes for Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Council of Pompton Lakes Town meeting... In the beginning comments on radioactivity in the water is addressed...Agenda for Wednesday, June 26, 2013
http://hosting.videominutes.net/Player.aspx?handshake=35846&video=1876

http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-dupont-chemical-from-poisoning-new-jersey-families

TCE ( Trichloroethene)

TCE is just one of those poisons - there are many more! Our homes tested for 63 of them!

Fish Consumption Warning Signs at Pompton Lake that some fought against tooth and Nail on a local level for YEARS! Special thanks to the USEPA for stepping in and making this happen! 

A second pilot study to determine the best method to remove chlorinated solvents from the groundwater in the borough's Plume area is underway.

STAFF PHOTO BY JOE SARNO

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DuPont Project Manager Dave Epps (center) talks with Pompton Lakes Mayor Katie Cole about how the bioremediation process works. They are joined by George Nemethsr, an environmental scientist for O'Brien and Gere, on June 25.

In 2011, DuPont unsuccessfully performed its first pilot study that was designed to remove the Tetrachloroethene (PCE) and Trichloroethene (TCE), two chemicals that infiltrated the groundwater when the company operated a munitions factory in the borough from 1902 to 1994.
In the 1980s, the community learned that DuPont had contaminated the soil, groundwater, and the neighboring streams with these solvents, as well as lead, mercury, and other contaminants used in their manufacturing processes.
In the first pilot study, the company poured vegetable oil mixed with microorganisms into the groundwater in an attempt to remove the chlorinated solvents.
This is a process known as bioremediation, which uses microorganisms to reduce the chemical concentrations in the environment.
DuPont officials explained that his process uses microorganisms to break down the TCE and PCE into ethane, and the vegetable oil is the fuel the microorganisms need to live off of in order to continue to do this.
DuPont reported that this mixture was unsuccessful in the first pilot test because it would not move through the soil and come in contact with the TCE and PCE.
In this second pilot study, the company is mixing lactate with the microorganisms for a texture that is less viscous than the oil.
DuPont began this second pilot study on June 25 at the intersection of Barbara Drive and Schuyler Avenue. Officials said this area was chosen because it has the highest levels of TCE and PCE.
On that day DuPont Project Manager Dave Epps said the company will study this process for the next six months to determine its effectiveness.

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Never should have Happened

DuPont's Pompton

Map of other side of train racks behind the the houses across the street  in Pompton. Dupont processing for transportation and on the spot manufacturing of products like (find out exactly) and this was going on for decades before we lived there. See how the RR tracks go down between the warehouses. Dupont plant is above that area.

http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/488871/Sheet+002/Passaic+County+1950+Pompton+Lakes+Borough/New+Jersey/

This is where people lived and continue to live on this map top left corner on after the bend. This is the section that connects to the RR Yard/manufacturing wharehouses in the map above.

http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/488876/Sheet+007/Passaic+County+1950+Pompton+Lakes+Borough/New+Jersey/

I think this is where they made the Ethyl for the leaded gas in the 50s. Lots of lead and mercury in the ground. Funny the stream at the end of the street is called Acid brook and goes into the lake. Tetrachloroethyene and Trichloroethyene. This is so bizzare I can hardly get it.

Actual News article: I have seen pics of barrels dumped. I saw the ground and water figures, gotta pinpoint these wells, their maps are messy and hard to figure.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/82572962_Worst_areas_of_toxic_plume_identified.html

There was a big court case millions were paid. Adults and especially to the kids sick or not in that area shared w/$. Erin Brockovitch is the lawyer.There is a class action suit going on now.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/82572962_Worst_areas_of_toxic_plume_identified.html

Page 2 says this:

"The Health Department strongly urged residents to have the vapor venting systems installed.

“This is a preventable form of exposure, and we strongly support having venting systems installed,” Fagliano said.

He described the studies as the first step in what could be a longer process of analysis. However, the small number of residents involved makes it unlikely the department would conduct further analysis to determine for sure whether the chemical vapors are the direct cause of the elevated cancer levels. To make such a conclusive study, the state would need a much larger sample size, Fagliano said.

“This is a very small community,” he said. “It’s unlikely there would be any advantage to do additional investigation. We’d get no meaningful findings.”"

Here's how the story broke. Notice the Mayor is named Romain...the name of the street along the railroad tracks.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/95293749_DuPont_danger_was_hidden_away.html

Another map here that shows the area.

http://www.northjersey.com/State_finds_elevated_cancer_rates_in_Pompton_Lakes_neighborhood.html

They first tested the area in 1984 officially. This is for the water.

http://www.epa.gov/region2/waste/dup_p750.pdf

This is the whole run down from Dupont: Shows high level of mercury and lead right at top layer of ground.

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/dupontpompton/eid_p3.html

Here's the current and past lawsuit history and more info.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/030410_Pompton_Lakes_residents_begin_suing_DuPont_over_pollution.html

Here's some of the above...."Because a substantial amount of lead and mercury migrated off the site, soil was contaminated at approximately 140 homes near Acid Brook, which drains the eastern valley and discharges into Pompton Lakes."

Makers of A bombs just a short way by. the water systems are connected but Brookfield in down stream. This place used to have a drainage pipe that went into the storm sewers for the town. I am not kidding... It floods  pretty bad all the time in New Jersey. 

n 1985, the radiological condition of Sheffield Brook was characterized. One year later, the Pompton River was characterized at its confluence with Sheffield Brook. Contaminated soils in the floodplain and stream channel of Sheffield Brook were removed between Pompton Plains Cross Road and Farmingdale Road. Excavation along the area between Farmingdale Road and the Pompton River was completed in 1987.

http://www.nukeworker.com/nuke_facilities/North_America/usa/DOE_Facilities/FUSRAP/FUSRAP_Site_Specific_Information.htm This link is no longer on the site...am investigating for a new link.

Someone who lived and worked in the areas story: tells some interesting story.

http://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/interviewees/30-interview-html-text/737-ball-jr-howard-lee

Here's the run down from the attorneys ...just close the pop-up.

http://www.weitzlux.com/pompton-lakes-dupont_1935550.html

Here's what my new FB friend said in the article above.

“As a longtime resident since 1962 I have seen too many people become ill and unfortunately some are no longer with us,” said Lisa Riggiola, a former Pompton Lakes councilwoman and founder of Citizens for a Clean Pompton Lakes, a neighborhood advocacy group. "It’s a serious situation that we’re living in and hope for the best outcome in the near future. After two decades of promised cleanup, we still reside in a toxic mess.”

Like what can all that do to someone.

1) Learning disabilities

2) damage to kidneys and liver

3) Nervous and nuerological damage

4) Problems with blood

5) DNA damage

6) cancer risk

7) a chemical factory for God's sake.

Mercury:

http://www.epa.gov/hg/effects.htm

Lead:

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/lead.html

Potential Health Effects of--- cis 1,2-dichloroethylene:

Inhalation may cause central nervous system depression with

dizziness, confusion, incoordination, drowsiness or

unconsciousness; or tremors, nausea, vomiting, weakness, and

abdominal cramps. Other effects may include irregular heart

beat with a strange sensation in the chest, "heart

thumping",apprehension, lightheadedness, feeling of

fainting, dizziness, or weakness.

Skin contact may cause severe irritation with burning,

redness, swelling, pain or rash.

Eye contact may cause severe eye irritation with tearing,

pain or blurred vision.

6501FR

Du Pont

Material Safety Data Sheet

Page 2

Printed on 03/12/2010

Ingestion may cause pulmonary edema (body fluid in the

lungs) with cough, wheezing, abnormal lung sounds, possibly

progressing to severe shortness of breath and bluish

discoloration of the skin: symptoms may be delayed.

Ingestion may also cause pathological changes in the liver,

central nervous system depression with dizziness, confusion,

incoordination, drowsiness or unconsciousness, and

structural (pathological) changes in heart muscle tissue.

http://msds.dupont.com/msds/pdfs/EN/PEN_09004a35804fa7a7.pdf

""and (from above)

structural (pathological) changes in heart muscle tissue""

I have a propolapsed heart valve (floppy) which accompanies Antiphospholipid which I also have...

VERY INTERESTINg that Dupont is the maker of the drug that thins my blood and has done a lot of major studies on Antiphospholipid and propolapsed mitrial valve.

The title of this is:

Residents of DuPont Factory Town Drop Like Flies (Pompton)

http://www.naturalnews.com/027818_DuPont_toxic_chemicals.html

http://www.nosuperfundinpompton.com/index_files/Page468.htm

A history of DuPont in Pompton Lakes

A timeline of the DuPont Pompton Lakes works from Google.

SITE HISTORY - E.I. DUPONT POMPTON LAKES WORKS 1802 to 1926

Date                 Event

1802                

 E.I. Dupont found by Eleuthere Irenee Du Pont.

1886               

 H. Julius Smith builds spark-fired blasting cap (filled with mercury fulminate) plant one-half                                      mile from PLW entrance.Dam build across Wanaque River creating Lake Inez.

1888

American Manufacturing and Supply Company, Ltd. built black powder mill on present Du Pont PLW site.

1891

Black powder mill sold to Metallic Cap Manufacturing Company, who dismantled the mill and built a plant to load caps.

1894

American Smokeless Powder company purchased land from H. Julius Smith and built a smokeless powder plant (known as the Haskell Plant) on the west side of Lake Inez.

1898

Haskell Plant purchased by Laflin & Rand.

Explosion at Haskell Plant and severly damaged.

Laflin & Rand purchased additional land from Smith and built a new plant having a daily capacity of 6000 pounds (lb) of smokeless powder and 1000 lb of gun cotton.

1902

Du Pont acquires control of Laflin & Rand Powder Company.

Electric Exploder company (owned by Du Pont) began operations at the newly constructed plant on the west side of Lake Inez.

1906

James Macbeth and Company cap plant moved to Pompton Lakes from Jamaica, New York, and became part of Du Pont's Electic Exploder Company. The consolidation resulted in plant emplotment of 155 workers and production of 35,000 E.B. caps per day.

1907

Du Pont acquired Metallic Cap Manufacturing Co. and property (now the center of the PLW site.)

1908

Du Pont purchased Smith Electric Fuse Co. and moved plant equipment to the Electric Exploder Co. plant on the west site of Lake Inez. This became known as Du Pont Fuse Works.

The old Metallic Cap Manufacturing Co. plant became the Du Pont works.

1917

Du Pont produces huge quantities of powder for World War I Allies. Work force at Cap and Fuse works increases to 7500 employees.

November, 1918

Production capacity:

1.5 MM ordinary blasting caps,

60 M electric blasting caps,

4.5 M lb of mercury fulminate,

200 M detonating fuses,

40 M boosters,

100 M primers,

100 M tracer and incendiary bullets, and

An unknown quantity of hand rifle grenades.

Housing boom occurs, many homeowners converted residences to rooming houses for workers. Du Pont built a dormitory colony (near the current site of Pompton Lakes High School).

1926

Du Pont discountinued operations on the west side of Lake Inez and consolidated with the current plant site on the east side of the lake.

DuPont is one of the oldest continuously operating industrial enterprises in the world. The company was established in 1802 near Wilmington, Delaware, by French immigrant Eluethere Irenee DuPont de Nemours to produce black powder and he quickly established a reputation for superior gunpowder.

The history of DuPont's Pompton Lakes site as a national center for the manufacture of explosives began in the 19th century when H. Julius Smith was granted the first patent on June 23, 1868 for a spark-fired blasting cap filled with mercury fulminate. Smith joined the Laflin & Rand Powder Company at Wayne, New Jersey as a master mechanic in 1874 and experimented with a gold and foil bridge circuit for E. B. Caps. In 1886, he left Laflin & Rand and built a cap plant on Cannonball Road, approximately one half mile from the current DuPont entrance. He built a dam across the Wanaque River creating Lake Inez, named for his daughter.

DuPont began manufacturing explosives at the Pompton Lakes Works site when it acquired Laflin & Rand in 1902. That same year, the Electric Exploder Company, owned by DuPont, began operations at a newly constructed plant on the west side of Lake Inez.

When the United States entered into World War I in 1917, huge quantities of gunpowder were manufactured for the Allies by Pompton Lakes Works. Employment was increased from 300 to a wartime high workforce of more than 7,500 employees who were involved in producing blasting caps, detonating fuses, boosters, primer and an unknown quantity of hand and rifle grenades. The impact of DuPont's wartime production on local communities was dramatic, and Pompton Lakes became known as a "company town". A housing boom occurred, and many homeowners converted their residences to rooming houses for workers. To further satisfy housing needs, DuPont built a dormitory colony near the current site of the Pompton Lakes High School, in the area of DuPont Village and along Romain Avenue and parts of Colfax Avenue. The current Pompton Lakes Salvation Army building is an extension of one of the dormitories.

The Pompton Lakes Works was a vital production center supporting World War II as well. Workers were transported by bus loads from Jersey City, Elizabeth, Paterson and New York state increasing employment to more than 3,000. Production activities included massive quantities of blasting caps, all types of military detonators and fuses, rocket igniters and pull wire detonators.

With the end of World War H and the beginning of a new decade, the 1950's brought additional development in manufacturing and plant expansions would continue for three decades. In response to the international economic shifts in the 1980's, the company began downsizing its workforce. As a result of a series of divestitures and economic fact, manufacturing at the Pompton Lakes Works ceased April 1, 1994.

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E.I DuPont De Nemours & Company manufactured explosives on this 570-acre site at the north end of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey from 1902-1994. Land use in the vicinity is primarily residential and commercial, but also includes undeveloped areas, an interstate highway (Route 287) and state-owned forest. Cleanup of the facility is required under a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) order, NJDEP ground water permit and an EPA permit.

Waste management practices during the facility’s operation resulted in contamination of surface water, soil and sediment, and ground water both on and off site. Wastes disposed of on site included lead salts, mercury compounds, explosive powders, chlorinated solvents, waste wire drawing solution and detonated blasting caps. Primary contaminants in the soil and sediments are lead and mercury. ground water contaminants include volatile organic compounds which are potentially harmful contaminants that can cause vapor intrusion to indoor air. Lead and mercury releases have migrated off site resulting in soil contamination at 140 homes near Acid Brook, which were remediated. Contaminated ground water also migrated off site with the potential for vapor intrusion from contaminated ground water impacting off-site residences.

Remedial actions at the site are focused on investigating and cleaning up the area. Much of the soil contamination has been removed and a ground water pump and treat system has been installed. ground water monitoring is continuing at the site and in the interim DuPont will be installing vapor mitigation systems at residences within the ground water plume and further assess ground water plume/vapor intrusion delineation.

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