These Are N.J.'s 105 Most Toxic Sites, And Funds To Clean Them Are At Risk

That toxic site down the street from you may just stay there a while longer. Currently, 105 sites in New Jersey are undergoing a massive cleanup, but those efforts could be severely curtailed if Congress pushes through President Trump's environmental budget.

Trump has proposed slashing $330 million out of the nearly $1.1 billion Superfund program in his 2018 budget, which a USA Today report says is a 30 percent cut.

The report notes that the Environmental Protection Agency program is already struggling to keep pace with a growing inventory of hazardous sites that pose dangers to public health and the local environment. Superfund sites have been linked to higher cancer risks as well as other diseases.

The money saved would likely be used to finance a boost in military spending and pay for a border wall with Mexico, according to the report. The Trump administration says it is merely reining in administrative costs, improving efficiencies and finding new ways to address the National Priority List that tracks Superfund sites.

The Trump budget proposal could impede this progress and leave millions of Americans living near dangerous pollutants, according to environmental advocates.

"From an environmental perspective, these sites pose devastating threats to the health of millions of people, including children, who live nearby. Roughly 11 million people and three to four million children live within a mile of a Superfund site," Nancy Loeb, the director of the Environmental Advocacy Center, wrote in an op-ed for The Hill.

The Superfund law was enacted nearly 40 years ago, targeting sites that had been decimated by decades of industrial and toxic waste. New Jersey has the longest list of Superfund sites in the country.

Click here to find addresses to thousands of toxic sites in New Jersey

Here is the list of New Jersey sites that could be impacted by budget cuts:

• American Cyanamid, Bridgewater Township, Somerset
• A.O. Polymer Corporation Sparta Township Sussex
• Asbestos Dump Long Hill & Harding Township Morris
• Atlantic Resources Corporation Sayreville Borough Middlesex
• Bog Creek Farm Howell Township Monmouth
• Brick Township Landfill, Brick Township Ocean
• Bridgeport Rental & Oil Services, Inc. (BROS), Logan Township, Gloucester
• Brook Industrial Park, Bound Brook, Somerset
• Burnt Fly Bog Marlboro Township Monmouth
• Caldwell Trucking Company Fairfield Township Essex
• Chemical Control Corporation Elizabeth City Union
• Chemical Insecticide Corporation Edison Township Middlesex
• Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc. Logan Township Gloucester
• Chemsol, Inc. Piscataway Township Middlesex
• Ciba-Geigy Corporation Toms River Ocean
• Cinnaminson Ground Water Contamination Cinnaminson Township Burlington
• Combe Fill South Landfill Chester Township& Washington Township Morris
• Cornell Dubilier Electronics, Inc. South Plainfield Middlesex
• Cosden Chemical Coating Corporation Beverly City Burlington
• CPS/Madison Industries Old Bridge Township Middlesex
• Crown Vantage Landfill Alexandria Township Hunterdon
• Curcio Scrap Metal, Inc. Saddle Brook Township Bergen
• D’Imperio Property Hamilton Township Atlantic
• DeRewal Chemical Company Kingwood Township Hunterdon
• Diamond Alkali Company/Diamond Shamrock Newark City Essex
• Diamond Head Oil Refinery Kearny Town Hudson
• Dover Municipal Well #4 Dover Town Morris
• Ellis Property Evesham Township Burlington
• Emmells Septic Landfill Galloway Township Atlantic
• Evor-Phillips Leasing Company Old Bridge Township Middlesex
• Ewan Property Shamong Township Burlington
• FAA Technical Center Egg Harbor & Galloway Township Atlantic
• Fair Lawn Well Fields Fair Lawn Borough Bergen
• Federal Creosote Company Manville Borough Somerset
• Franklin Burn Franklin Township Gloucester
• Fried Industries, Inc. East Brunswick Township Middlesex
• Garden State Cleaners Buena Borough Atlantic
• GEMS Landfill Gloucester Township Camden
• Global Landfill Old Bridge Township Middlesex
• Goose Farm Plumsted Township Ocean
• Helen Kramer Landfill Mantua Township Gloucester
• Hercules, Inc. Greenwich Township Gloucester
• Higgins Disposal Services, Inc. Franklin Township Somerset
• Higgins Farm Franklin Township Somerset
• Horseshoe Road Sayreville Borough Middlesex
• Iceland Coin Laundry Area Ground Water Plume Vineland City Cumberland
• Imperial Oil Co./Champion Chemicals Marlboro Township Monmouth
• Jones Industrial Services Landfill (JIS) South Brunswick Township Middlesex
• Kauffman & Minteer, Inc. Springfield Township Burlington
• Kin-Buc Landfill Edison Township Middlesex
• Landfill & Development Company (L&D) Mount Holly Township Burlington
• Lang Property Pemberton Township Burlington
• LCP Chemicals, Inc. Linden City Union
• L.E. Carpenter Company Wharton Borough Morris
• Lightman Drum Company Winslow Township Camden
• Lipari Landfill Mantua Township Gloucester
• Lone Pine Landfill Freehold Township Monmouth
• Martin Aaron, Inc. Camden City Camden
• Maywood Chemical Sites Maywood Borough, Rochelle Park Township & Lodi Borough Bergen
• McGuire Air Force Base #1 New Hanover Township Burlington
• Middlesex Sampling Plant Middlesex Borough Middlesex
• Metaltec/Aerosystems Franklin Borough Sussex
• Monitor Devices, Inc. Wall Township Monmouth
• Montgomery Township Housing Development Montgomery Township Somerset
• Myers Property Franklin Township Hunterdon
• Nascolite Corporation Millville City Cumberland
• Naval Air Engineering Center/Station Manchester Township Ocean
• Naval Weapons Station Earle Colts Neck & Howell Township Monmouth
• NL Industries, Inc. Oldmans Township Salem
• Picatinny Arsenal Rockaway Township Morris
• PJP Landfill Jersey City Hudson
• Pohatcong Valley Ground Water Contamination Washington & Franklin Township Warren
• Price Landfill #1 Egg Harbor Township & Pleasantville City Atlantic
• Puchack Well Field Pennsauken Township Camden
• Quanta Resources Corporation Edgewater Borough Bergen
• Radiation Technology, Inc. (RTI) Rockaway Township Morris
• Raritan Bay Slag Old Bridge Township & Sayreville Borough Middlesex
• Reich Farm Toms River Ocean
• Ringwood Mines landfill site Ringwood Borough Passaic
• Rockaway Borough Well Field Rockaway Borough Morris
• Rockaway Township Wells Rockaway Township Morris
• Rocky Hill Municipal Wells Rocky Hill Borough Somerset
• Roebling Steel Florence Township Burlington
• Rolling Knolls Landfill Chatham Township Morris
• Scientific Chemical Processing, Inc. (SCP Carlstadt)(Berrys Creek) Carlstadt Borough Bergen
• Sharkey Landfill Parsippany Troy-Hills Township & East Hanover Morris
• Shieldalloy Corporation Newfield Borough Gloucester
• South Jersey Clothing Company Buena Borough Atlantic
• Standard Chlorine Chemical Company, Inc. Kearny Town Hudson
• Swope Oil & Chemical Company Pennsauken Township Camden
• Syncon Resins Kearny Town Hudson
• United States Radium Corporation Orange City Essex
• United States Avenue Burn Gibbsboro Borough Camden
• Universal Oil Products (UOP) (Berrys Creek) East Rutherford Bergen
• Ventron/Velsicol (Berrys Creek) Wood-Ridge, Carlstadt & Moonachie Bergen
• Vineland Chemical Vineland City Cumberland
• W. R. Grace & Company Wayne Township PassaicWaldick Aerospace Devices, Inc. Wall Township Monmouth Link
• Welsbach/General Gas Mantle Camden &Gloucester Camden
• White Chemical Company Newark City Essex
• White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Area Ground Water Wall Township Monmouth
• Williams Property Middle Township Cape May
• Woodbrook Road Dump South Plainfield Borough Middlesex
• Woodland Township Route 532 Dump Woodland Township Burlington
• Woodland Township Route 72 Dump Woodland Township Burlington
• Zschiegner Refining Company Howell Township Monmouth

Click here to find where these sites are located specifically.

Read the whole USA Today report here.

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