Superfund toxic sites and Resorts

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To date, there have been five developments built on top of Superfund sites in New Jersey several others are pending. They include:

•The Minor League baseball park built atop the former American Cyanamid factory site in Bridgewater.

•The Cooper Road Dump in Voorhees Township was cleaned up and redeveloped into a residential community.

•The former DeRewal Chemical Co. site in Kingwood Township has been redeveloped into a nature refuge where migratory bird watching is one of several popular recreational activities.

•The Lipari Landfill in Mantua Township was turned into six playing fields, a nature trail, a paved and lighted parking lot and a recreational building. Nearby streams, marshes, and Alcyon Lake had been contaminated but were cleaned up and are used by the public.

•The Vineland State School in Vineland is a residential and treatment facility for mentally handicapped women and includes an array of buildings that support the 1,300 residents. The site had been contaminated with various hazardous materials, including mercury, pesticides, and transformer oil.

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