175 Most Toxic Towns In New Jersey: Is Your Town On List?

Does your town have ”toxic releases?”

Here is your chance to find out - because toxic chemicals are in 175 towns in New Jersey, and not just the ones with industrial refineries.

Below is a list of New Jersey towns, and one military base, as part of NJ Spotlight report that identifies where facilities with the New Jersey’s largest on-site releases are located.

On-site releases include air releases, surface water discharges, land releases, recycling, and material used for energy recovery, or burned in a furnace or boiler to generate heat or energy for use at the facility.

The list originated from the Right-to-Know Network website, rtknet.org, that showed how, in New Jersey, 10.9 million pounds of these chemicals were released by 383 facilities required to report under the so-called “right-to-know law” in 2013, the most recent year for which full data is available

The Right-to-Know Network is an organization that provides numerous databases and resources on the environment.

Here is the list of towns/cities, with pounds of on-site releases:

1. LINDEN 2,720,583
2. DEEPWATER 2,481,834
3. PAULSBORO 928,366
4. PHILLIPSBURG 240,337
5. MCGUIRE AFB 150,417
6. BELVIDERE 140,451
7. ROSENHAYN 90,536
8. BRIDGEPORT 56,227
9. BEESLEYS POINT 49,055
10. MICKLETON 45,342
11. BAYONNE 45,045
12. NEWARK 43,227
13. WESTVILLE 39,339
14. FAIR LAWN 36,926
15. JERSEY CITY 36,366
16. EDISON 34,159
17. WOODBRIDGE 32,717
18. WEST DEPTFORD 32,470
19. NEW GRETNA 32,420
20. AVENEL 27,425
21. RIDGEFIELD 26,324
22. PARLIN 22,126
23. BUTLER 21,692
24. PORT READING 21,500
25. LAKEWOOD 20,264
26. KEARNY 18,969
27. PEDRICKTOWN 17,810
28. BRIDGEWATER 17,172
29. CARTERET 16,521
30. SEWAREN 16,175
31. HAMBURG 14,676
32. THOROFARE 13,380
33. HAMILTON TOWNSHIP 12,937
34. PATERSON 11,579
35. MIDDLESEX 11,516
36. LONG VALLEY 10,718
37. MILLVILLE 10,327
38. CARNEYS POINT 9,622
39. MOORESTOWN 9,263
40. SOUTH PLAINFIELD 9,229
41. PENNSVILLE 8,961
42. FREEHOLD 7,202
43. RAHWAY 6,972
44. SOUTH HACKENSACK 6,823
45. CLIFTON 6,577
46. NORTH BRUNSWICK 6,289
47. PERTH AMBOY 5,561
48. UNION 5,305
49. TRENTON 5,128S
50. WEDESBORO 5,016
51. WARREN 4,647
52. SOMERSET 4,524
53. LITTLE FERRY 4,249
54. BLOOMFIELD 4,157
55. WAYNE 3,728
56. FAIRFIELD 3,544
57. PENNSAUKEN 3,225
58. OLD BRIDGE 2,999
59. SAYREVILLE 2,381
60. CHERRY HILL 2,320
61. SPOTSWOOD 2,005
62. CRANBURY 1,881
63. HAMMONTON 1,844
64. WASHINGTON 1,755
65. CARLSTADT 1,643
66. CINNAMINSON 1,583
67. RARITAN 1,545
68. EAST HANOVER 1,470
69. KENILWORTH 1,442
70. EAST BRUNSWICK 1,406
71. LYNDHURST 1,289
72. ELIZABETH 1,206
73. MONMOUTH JUNCTION (section of SOUTH BRUNSWICK) 1,196
74. SALEM 1,164
75. LAWRENCEVILLE 1,149
76. CAMDEN 1,092
77. MAYWOOD 1,050
78. CHATHAM 1,034
79. FAIRTON 935
80. WINSLOW 922
81. HASKELL 810
82. RUTHERFORD 766
83. CLARK 750
84. WEST CALDWELL 744
85. BRANCHBURG 704
86. BRIDGETON 502
87. FIELDSBORO 500
88. NEW BRUNSWICK 438
89. HIGH BRIDGE 419
90. ROBBINSVILLE 325
91. BOUND BROOK 300
92. VINELAND 300
93. FLORHAM PARK 295
94. BUDD LAKE 286
95. MANCHESTER 255
96. BLACKWOOD 250
97. MAPLE SHADE 240
98. FLEMINGTON 215
99. GLOUCESTER CITY 201

100. FLORENCE 164

Next 39:

• 101. MOONACHIE 160
• 102. PISCATAWAY 132
• 103. PARSIPPANY 128
• 104. MAHWAH 115
• 105. ELMWOOD PARK 104
• 106. COLTS NECK 103
• 107. HILLSBOROUGH 89
• 108. DAYTON (section of SOUTH BRUNSWICK) 80
• 109. PORT MURRAY 70
• 110. PASSAIC 69
• 111. PLAINSBORO 53
• 112. CLAYTON 37
• 113. RIDGEFIELD PARK 24
• 114. PALMYRA 23
• 115. UNION CITY 22
• 116. EAST RUTHERFORD 19
• 117. SOUTHAMPTON 17
• 118. ROCKAWAY 17
• 119. NORTHVALE 10
• 120. HAWTHORNE 10
• 121. RARITAN 9
• 122. HACKETTSTOWN 8
• 123. SADDLE BROOK 8
• 124. LAKEHURST 6
• 125. KEASBEY 4
• 126. NORTH ARLINGTON 4
• 127. NORTH BRANCH 4
• 128. ROSELLE 4
• 129. TINTON FALLS 3
• 130. BURLINGTON 3
• 131. RIVERDALE 3
• 132. SOMERVILLE 2
• 133. LONG BRANCH 2
• 134. WATCHUNG 1
• 135. EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP 1
• 136. NEW HANOVER 1
• 137. ALLENTOWN 1
• 138. WHITEHOUSE STATION 1
• 139. BOONTON 1

Towns listed but have less than one pound:

• LAMBERTVILLE
• BORDENTOWN
• LANDING
• FOLSOM
• TOTOWA
• GLASSBORO
• SOUTH KEARNY
• NORTH BERGEN
• WYCKOFF
• WEST MILFORD
• MANTUA
• EDGEWATER
• HANCOCKS BRIDGE
• MORRISTOWN
• WESTAMPTON
• PITMAN
• GARFIELD
• LODI
• LINCOLN PARK
• PINE BROOK
• MONTVALE
• ROSELAND
• RANCOCAS
• FARMINGDALE
• WALLINGTON
• LOGAN TOWNSHIP
• TABERNACLE
• SPRINGFIELD
• TETERBORO
• HILLSIDE
• PEAPACK
• WEST TRENTON
• WALL
• EATONTOWN
• FORDS
• IRVINGTON