Apr 14, 2014
Camden has the second highest cancer rate in New Jersey, and the eighth highest in the nation thanks to over 100 toxic waste sites. When the St. Lawrence Cem...
Great short doc on environmental racism in Camden NJ
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Camden has the second highest cancer rate in New Jersey, and the eighth highest in the nation thanks to over 100 toxic waste sites. When the St. Lawrence Cem...
Great short doc on environmental racism in Camden NJ
Barry Carter, reporting for the Star Ledger, on groundwater contamination in the Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, NJ. Homes built on land (brownfield) previously occupied by a company that made cigarette lighters are drawing water from a toxic supply.
Part of a documentary from The Record on hazardous toxic waste in North Jersey (particularly Mahwah and Ringwood).
The Ramapough Lunaape Nation actively monitors toxic waste and cleanup in North Jersey and New York. Check out their site, excellent stuff on lead contamination in Ringwood in NJ, and on fracking politics.
An example of using GIS to document toxics in NJ from a Google Maps user.