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Among the places where data is available, USA TODAY’s analysis shows large cities have exceeded PFAS limits at higher rates than smaller places. About a third of water systems serving over ...
As of 2024, New Jersey is divided into 21 counties and contains 564 [2] municipalities consisting of five types: 253 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 240 townships, and four villages. The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark, with 311,549 residents, whereas the smallest is Walpack Township, with seven residents. [3]
6 April 1938 Roy J. Plunkett (1910–1994), who was then a 27-year-old research chemist who worked at the DuPont's Jackson Laboratory in Deepwater, New Jersey, [13] was working with gases related to DuPont's Freon refrigerants, when an experiment he was conducting produced an unexpected new product. [14] —tetrafluoroethylene resin.
Later in 2020, the New Jersey state attorney general filed suit in the New Jersey Superior Court against Solvay regarding PFAS contamination of the state's environment. [190] In May 2021, Solvay issued a press release that the company is "discontinuing the use of fluorosurfactants in the U.S.".
Military bases topped the list of potential sources among drinking water systems that detected PFAS above the EPA’s new limits, but USA TODAY found airports closely followed with 50 systems.
The National League of Cities, an advocacy organization that represents nearly 20,000 American municipalities and towns, has pointed to litigation against PFAS polluters as one of several ways to ...
In New Jersey, the Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP) Site Remediation Program oversees the Superfund program. As of 16 August 2024, there are 115 Superfund sites listed on the National Priorities List (NPL). Thirty-six additional sites have been cleaned up and deleted from the list.
The EPA estimates that between about 6% and 10% of the 66,000 public drinking water systems subject to this rule may have to take action to reduce PFAS to meet these new standards.