A Jersey Shore town where childhood cancer cases rose is suing to overturn a settlement between the state and the corporate successor to the company that dumped toxic waste into the water and ground for decades
FILE - A gate at the entrance to the former Ciba Geigy chemical plant in Toms River, N.J. is posted with warning signs, Jan. 24, 2023, regarding the contaminated area, which is on the Superfund list of the nation's worst toxic waste sites. Toms River and an environmental group on Oct. 4, 2023, sued to overturn a settlement New Jersey reached with the site's current owner, BASF Corp. to restore environmental conditions there, calling the deal inadequate.
“The sweetheart deal that NJDEP made with BASF is woefully inadequate and does not compensate the people of Toms River and Ocean County for the damage that has been done to our environment by the corporate polluters,” said Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill, Jr.The settlement with BASF includes a $500,000 cash payment from the company, adds another 50 acres of company-controlled land to a conservation and public access plan, and obligates BASF to maintain nine restoration projects for 20 years.
Ciba-Geigy Chemical Corp., which had been the town’s largest employer, flushed chemicals into the Toms River and the Atlantic Ocean, and buried 47,000 drums of toxic waste in the ground. This created a plume of polluted water that has spread beyond the site into residential neighborhoods.
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