1. Restoring a neighborhood: radium cleanup eases fears, rebuilds community
- Author
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Ranney, Colleen A. and Gaddis, David M.
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Essex County, New Jersey -- Environmental aspects ,Camp Dresser and McKee Inc. -- Services ,Soils, Radioactive substances in -- Services ,Environmental services industry -- Services ,Government ,Political science - Abstract
Camp Dresser and McKee Inc was contracted to conduct radon mitigation and soil remediation on radium-contaminated sites in Essex County, NJ. The sites were previously enmeshed in lengthy environmental cases which normally accompany soil-radiation scenarios. Besides fulfilling their mitigation and remediation duties, Camp Dresser and McKee also adopted a comprehensive environmental approach that integrated community relations into the project., CONTAMINATED property is every homeowner's nightmare. That is even more true if the contamination is radioactive. But for the residents of the Montclair, West Orange, and Glen Ridge neighborhoods in [...]
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- 1993