tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13027633.post4579570315600950273..comments2023-05-27T06:05:06.589-05:00Comments on Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog: Reference Librarians finds answers to local mystery in minutes!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13027633.post-54524567284143534572016-07-08T03:52:47.190-05:002016-07-08T03:52:47.190-05:00Here is a report that mentions Millmaster Chemical...Here is a report that mentions Millmaster Chemical Company involved in a landfill in Chatham Township - http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/rolling%20knolls%20landfill/rollingknollslandfillpha070506.pdf<br /><br />Agent Orange's dioxin is mentioned.<br /><br />"The landfill received wastes from private companies and at least seven surrounding<br />municipalities including Summit, South Orange, Maplewood, Chatham, Madison, Harding, and<br />Florham Park (EPA 2004). Wastes dumped at the landfill included household refuse, residential septic wastes, scrap metal, tires, tree stumps, and construction and demolition debris. Additionally, approximately 600 tons of pharmaceutical wastes generated by the Millmaster Chemical Company, Berkeley Heights were deposited in the landfill from the 1930s to 1968. These wastes included alcohols, esters, ethers and other pharmaceutical waste products. Millmaster Chemical Company may have also disposed of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (a.k.a. dioxin) contaminated wastes at the site (NUS 1985). In order to comply with health code regulations adopted in 1959, operational procedures were implemented at the landfill and included the use of pesticides to control weeds, insects, and rodents. Oil was applied to unpaved paths to control dust, and semi-liquid swamp muck obtained from the edge of the landfill was used daily to cover wastes."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13027633.post-59517699460103139622016-07-08T03:42:49.793-05:002016-07-08T03:42:49.793-05:00No Agent Orange mentioned - http://data.rtknet.org...No Agent Orange mentioned - http://data.rtknet.org/rcris/rcris.php?reptype=f&database=rcris&detail=3&datype=T&all_handler=x&handler_id=NJD001807304Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13027633.post-23148813070361679082010-07-05T18:00:28.768-05:002010-07-05T18:00:28.768-05:00The plant was making Agent Orange and that is why ...The plant was making Agent Orange and that is why it was classified. Even now references are avaialble at the NJ DEP and federal EPA sites but no overt explanation of Agent Orange dioxin. This would explain the regular visits by inspectors asking questions about cancers in the Summit Avenue, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey (NJ) 07922 area. Yes, there is a rare cancer cluster site in that area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13027633.post-38732931577546098232007-03-02T09:53:00.000-05:002007-03-02T09:53:00.000-05:00Exactly! Like bloodhounds?Exactly! Like bloodhounds?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03792900235598492952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13027633.post-35203872729073050392007-02-28T22:51:00.000-05:002007-02-28T22:51:00.000-05:00Congrats!!!! Reference librarians don't have to kn...Congrats!!!! Reference librarians don't have to know everything, we just have to know where to look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com