Investigation into Effect of Pollutant Found in Ocean Co. Water

December 15, 2010 by Leave a comment

By Ed Rodgers

Federal researchers are trying to determine if a pollutant, san trimer, is responsible for elevated numbers of childhood cancer in one New Jersey town.  San trimer is a byproduct of the manufacture of plastics.  The federal Environmental Protection Agency says waste containing san trimer was dumped at the Reich superfund site by Union Carbide.

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