Vulnerable to Flooding
Dozens of Superfund sites are
close to storm-surge zones in
New York and New Jersey.
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For years, industrial chemicals
and sewer outflows poured
into the canal, leaving behind
PCBs, coal tar wastes, volatile
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Oil spills and chemical sæpage
have left Newtown Creek 'one
Of the nation S most polluted
waterways,' says EPA
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