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Hazard NJ: Residents fear repeat of Sandy’s toxic flood

Can the Hackensack River be cleaned up before the next big storm?

Aired 07/07/2022

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Hazard NJ: Residents fear repeat of Sandy’s toxic flood

Clip: 7/7/2022 | 4m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Can the Hackensack River be cleaned up before the next big storm?

The lower Hackensack River is on a waiting list for EPA Superfund status because of the toxic contaminants in its sediments -- muck that the raging river spread during Superstorm Sandy's surge. Cleanup is urgently needed, but will it happen before climate change sends another storm surging up the Hackensack?

Aired 07/07/2022

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