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Toxic Passaic River Get $1.38 Billion Clean up Over 10 Years

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How are agencies/companies helping to minimize this hazard.

The EPA has been working to raise funds to launch this ambitious cleanup project. The EPA has also began looking for solutions to cleanup the polluted waterways in the Hudson River.

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Division of Criminal Justice - Environmental Crimes Bureau Continues Crackdown on Illegal Activity

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How are agencies/companies helping to minimize this hazard.

The Department of Criminal Justice played a large part in indicting a contractor for illegally abandoning medical waste. If not for their investigation, this issue would not have been resolved.

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Shivam.Patel

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Toxic Passaic River Get $1.38 Billion Clean up Over 10 Years

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What forms of precaution were exercised regarding the hazard(s)?

There was no precatuions taken regarding the waste in the Passaic River. Many of the locals knew it for its murky waters after years of industrial toxin buildup.