The Lower Passaic River has a history of pollution that stretches back into the 1950s. According to the National Oceanic and ...

News ‘The Passaic River is N.J.’s biggest crime scene’: Booker blasts EPA over pollution progress. Published: ; Jul. 19, 2019, 10:15 a.m.

The Passaic River has been named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2025, with a national conservation group citing toxic industrial pollution along the river’s lower stretch as a long ...

The capped site of the former Diamond Alkali factory, which produced Agent Orange near the Passaic River for decades. Researchers are now looking to study whether bacteria can remove some harmful ...

Towns get what's left of Passaic River pollution funds Most of the $355 million recovered in settlements with polluters in 2013 and 2014 was used by Christie to balance the budget.

A polluted Passaic River. ... Nine years ago, the EPA unveiled an ambitious $1.4 billion plan to dredge some of the pollution from the bottom of the river and leave the rest under a protective cap.

“The Passaic has served New Jersey well, supporting industry activity. That 100-year industry came with a price: a legacy of pollution in the lower 17 miles of the Passaic River,” Janet McCabe ...

Passaic, N.J. officials trying to determine why a popular lake has turned milky blue 01:59. PASSAIC, N.J.-- Mysterious pollution is turning a New Jersey lake bright blue. As CBS2's Ali Bauman ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled a plan to help clean up a portion of the Passaic River some call the most polluted waterway in the country. The cleanup is likely to start in 2024 ...

More than 80 companies may have to pay $150 million for allegedly polluting a 17-mile stretch of the Lower Passaic River in New Jersey. The EPA and Justice Department announced a proposed consent ...

The Passaic River as seen from the Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, N.J. Photo: Mark Kauzlarich for The Wall Street Journal ...