Close
KTAR.com
News
Shows
Blogs
KTAR News on 92.3FM

Town where kids cancer rose blasts deal over polluted site

A gate at the entrance to the former Ciba Geigy chemical plant in Toms River, N.J., is filled with warning on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, regarding the contaminated area, which is on the Superfund list of the nation's worst toxic waste sites. A proposed settlement to restore natural resources damaged by the company's dumping is widely opposed as insufficient by residents of Toms River, where childhood cancer rates from the late 1970s through 1990s occurred at elevated rates. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Homes in one of the residential neighborhoods closest to the former Ciba Geigy chemical plant in Toms River, N.J., are shown Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. The contaminated plant site is on the Superfund list of the nation's worst toxic waste sites. A proposed settlement to restore natural resources damaged by the company's dumping is widely opposed as insufficient by residents of Toms River, where childhood cancer rates from the late 1970s through 1990s occurred at elevated rates. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Homes in one of the residential neighborhoods closest to the former Ciba Geigy chemical plant in Toms River, N.J., are shown on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. The contaminated plant area is on the Superfund list of the nation's worst toxic waste sites. A proposed settlement to restore natural resources damaged by the company's dumping is widely opposed as insufficient by residents of Toms River, where childhood cancer rates from the late 1970s through 1990s occurred at elevated rates. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Christine Girtain, a science teacher in one of Toms River, N.J.'s high schools, speaks at a public meeting in Toms River on Wednesday, Jan., 25, 2023, about a proposed settlement between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and BASF Corp to restore natural resources that were damaged by the operations of the former Ciba Geigy chemical plant. Girtain wants an environmental education center that will be built as part of the settlement to document the site's history of illegal dumping and the town's history of elevated childhood cancer cases and deaths. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Christine Girtain, a science teacher in one of Toms River, N.J.'s high schools, speaks at a public meeting in Toms River on Wednesday, Jan., 25, 2023, about a proposed settlement between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and BASF Corp to restore natural resources that were damaged by the operations of the former Ciba Geigy chemical plant. Girtain wants an environmental education center that will be built as part of the settlement to document the site's history of illegal dumping and the town's history of elevated childhood cancer cases and deaths. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Janet Tauro, an environmental activist, speaks at a public meeting on Wednesday, Jan., 25, 2023, in Toms River, N.J., about a proposed settlement between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and BASF Corp to restore natural resources that were damaged by the operations of the former Ciba Geigy chemical plant. She said the area might be converted into a safe, usable park in 100 years. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) A gate at the entrance to the former Ciba Geigy chemical plant in Toms River, N.J., displays a warning sign Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, regarding the contaminated area, which is on the Superfund list of the nation's worst toxic waste sites. A proposed settlement to restore natural resources damaged by the company's dumping is widely opposed as insufficient by residents of Toms River, where childhood cancer rates from the late 1970s through 1990s occurred at elevated rates. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)