New Jersey has accepted a revised settlement over chemical dumping that turned a Jersey Shore community into one of America’s most notorious toxic waste cleanup sites.
FILE - This Feb. 21, 2023 file phoot shows a fence on the property of the former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant in Toms River, N.J. On Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, New Jersey environmental officials reached a revised settlement with BASF Corp. over damage to natural resources at the former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant site in Toms River, but a residents group says it will sue to block the settlement, which it considers woefully inadequate.
The revised final settlement with BASF increases a cash payment from the company from $100,000 to $500,000, adds another 50 acres of company-controlled land to a conservation and public access plan, and obligates BASF to maintain nine restoration projects outlined in the original agreement for 20 years, up from 10 years in the original deal.
The state health department found that 87 children in Toms River, which was then known as Dover Township, had been diagnosed with cancer from 1979 through 1995. A study determined the rates of childhood cancers and leukemia in girls in Toms River “were significantly elevated when compared to state rates.” No similar rates were found for boys.
“They never put a value to the damage caused to our land, our river, our bay, our ocean, our wildlife or our habitat,” Forsberg said.
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