Back in May 2019, Ford announced that it had settled a case with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which resulted in the automaker paying $21 million toward the cleanup of 166,000 tons of contaminated soil at the O'Connor Disposal Area in New Jersey, where toxic paint sludge had been disposed of for decades.
Then, in June 2022, New Jersey filed a lawsuit against the automaker over the 500 acre Ringwood Mines contamination, and now, a consent agreement has been reached that will finally bring that saga to a close.
A number of toxic chemicals have been found at that site, including not only paint sludge, but also, benzene, 1,4-dioxane, lead contamination, and other industrial waste. It has contaminated the groundwater, which poses a dangerous health risk for surrounding communities.
Waste materials were dumped at the site from the late 1960s through the early 1970s, most of which came from Ford's former assembly plant in Mahwah, New Jersey. The site was added to the Superfund National Priorities List in 1983, removed in 1994 after cleanup actions were completed, and restored to the list in 2006 following the discovery of additional contamination. Now, this action represents the final stage of the cleanup process, which brings roughly four decades of investigations and remedial work to a close.
https://fordauthority.com/2026/03/consent-agreement-requires-ford-nj-to-clean-up-superfund-site
How did anyone not object to dumping the industrial waste in the countryside where it would clearly pollute the area, and soak into the groundwater?
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