Mixed Messages About Benzene in New Jersey Groundwater
February 19, 2016Groundwater samples taken last year from underneath the former Fenimore Landfill in Roxbury, New Jersey found elevated levels of benzene, ammonia and arsenic. New Jersey’s groundwater water quality standard (GWQS) for benzene is 1 part per billion (ppb). Benzene concentrations found in the groundwater underneath the former dumpsite ranged from 1.8 ppb to 3 ppb. Still, according to Maser...