Why New Jersey Has the Most Toxic Waste Sites in America

The Garden State: the state with the most Superfund sites in America.
With 115 federally designated hazardous locations, New Jersey carries the heaviest toxic legacy in the country.

This mini-documentary breaks down how it happened:
The early industrial boom that powered American manufacturing…
The decades of chemical dumping, unregulated waste, and abandoned facilities…
And the towns, rivers, and neighborhoods still dealing with contamination today.

We explore infamous sites like the Kin-Buc Landfill in Edison, Imperial Oil in Marlboro, American Cyanamid in Bridgewater, and the Diamond Alkali plant in Newark — and show how their pollution spread across wetlands, aquifers, and major New Jersey rivers.

From the Passaic River’s dioxin crisis to aquifers contaminated with PCBs and heavy metals, this is the story of how New Jersey’s industrial success left behind toxic scars that still shape the state.

If you’re from Jersey, you’ve driven past these places without even knowing it.
This video reveals what’s buried under the surface — and why these sites still matter today.

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