Feb 27^th: Sierra Club Press Conference at Pompton Lakes/DuPont Toxic Site

For decades, DuPont has discharged wastewater containing solvents linked to several forms of cancer and other illnesses into lagoons on its site in Pompton Lakes, NJ. DuPont is creating a chemical wasteland directly adjacent to residents homes with a lead and mercury laden lake and a poisonous plume of vapor gases rising up into 450+ basements. Assemblyman Eustace, Assemblyman McKeon, Clean Pompton Lakes, Pompton Lakes Residents for Environmental Integrity, Pompton Lakes Community Advisory Group and the Sierra Club will be holding a press conference to update the public of the issue and the next steps to move forward.

WHO:  New Jersey Sierra Club Director, Jeff Tittel, Assemblyman Eustace, NJ Assemblyman McKeon, Clean Pompton Lakes Executive Director, Lisa Riggiola, Pompton Lakes Residents for Environmental Integrity Executive Director, Regina Sisco, The Pompton Lakes Community Advisory Group

WHAT: 

–          Update public and press on ongoing battle to clean up site

–          What is happening with state permits

–          Getting the DEP and Governor Murphy involved in the site

–          Getting the State Legislature involved in acting

–          Follow up on the Bergen Record Series

WHEN: Tuesday, February 37^th at 3:00pm

WHERE: Terhune Memorial Park,  333 Terhune Dr., Wayne, NJ 07470

“The longstanding problems at the former Dupont site in Pompton Lakes, NJ is extremely concerning. The six-month multi-series investigative report by the Bergen Record crystalized the level and depth of how bad the situation is and how the residents are living in a nightmare. Families are sick and the state has not cleaned up the site properly. The DEP failed to protect the community and the people who live near the contaminated site,” said Jeff Tittel, Director of the New Jersey Sierra Club. “Residents don’t feel safe in their homes until a full cleanup is done. We need the new Administration and the State Legislature to clean up the mess Christie and Bob Martin left. It’s time for Pompton Lake residents to be given the help they need.”