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EPA proposes dredging of the Passaic River April 15, 2021, posted by Zlatan Hrvacevic
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to address contaminated sediment in the upper nine miles of the Lower Passaic River Study Area of the Diamond Alkali Superfund site in Essex, Bergen, and Passaic Counties, New Jersey.
According to EPA, the sediment in the Lower Passaic River is severely contaminated with dioxins/furans, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), heavy metals, pesticides and other contaminants from more than a century of industrial activity.
The proposed cleanup plan – supported by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – calls for using a combination of cleanup technologies including dredging approximately 387,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment.
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As winter storms threaten to make driving risky, residents often use salt to melt snow and ice on roads, intersections, and sidewalks. Since thousands of people die or are hospitalized every year due to weather-related collisions, road salt is an effective safety tool.
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Kaushal s latest work is the first to look at the complex and interconnected symptoms of Freshwater Salinization Syndrome and how they affect human health. Suppose a concerted management and control approach to human sources of salt is not implemented. In that case, the world s freshwater reserves could face significant challenges at local, regional, and global levels, according to this research.
UMD-led study: road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies
When winter storms threaten to make travel dangerous, people often turn to salt, spreading it liberally over highways, streets and sidewalks to melt snow and ice. But a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland warns that introducing salt into the environment whether it s for de-icing roads, fertilizing farmland or other purposes releases toxic chemical cocktails that create a serious and growing global threat to our freshwater supply and human health.
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Previous studies by Kaushal and his team showed that added salts in the environment can interact with soils and infrastructure to release a cocktail of metals, dissolved solids and radioactive particles. Kaushal and his team named these cascading effects of introduced salts Freshwater Salinization Syndrome, and it can poison drinking water and cause negative effects on human health, agriculture, in