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29 Seton Hall L. Rev. 89 (1998-1999)
Agent Orange in Newark: Time for a New Beginning

handle is hein.journals/shlr29 and id is 99 raw text is: Agent Orange in Newark: Time for a New Beginningt Tirza S. Wahrman The effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans and the Viet- namese population remain a painfully debated subject. Recently, the discovery of Agent Orange waste in port sediments in the New York-New Jersey Harbor has called attention to the impact of the substance on our own shores.' A now-idle plant in the Ironbound section of Newark was once the largest Agent Orange producer in the United States. On March 30, 1998, residents of the Newark community, repre- sentatives from the City of Newark and the state and federal govern- ments, and various academics came together at Seton Hall University School of Law to turn a fresh page for the City of Newark. Though it was an unusually warm day and the air conditioning was working badly, all present agreed on our common purpose: to stop talking and to take action to remedy Newark's environmental woes. Sadly, Newark is home to numerous hazardous waste sites.' Most seriously, dioxin contamination from the Diamond Alkali Agent Orange plant remains in Newark's soil and in its river, the Pas- t Editor's note: The symposium that gave rise to this article occurred on March 30, 1998. At that time, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was still considering how the dioxin contamination at the Diamond Alkali Super- fund Site would be remedied. Prior to the publication of this journal, however, the EPA gave final approval to a 1990 consent decree, which permits the on-site burial of dioxin waste at the Diamond Alkali site. See TomJohnson, Dioxin Site in Newark to be Sealed Underground, STAR-LWDGER (Newark), Aug. 5, 1998, at 15. A.B., Barnard College, 1978; J.D., Yale Law School, 1981. The author is an environmental attorney with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. The views expressed herein are solely the author's. The author wishes to acknowledge the support of Seton Hall University School of Law and Professor Marc Poirier. See <http://www.epa.gov/r02earth/superfnd/sedsamp.htm> (visited July 21, 1998). 2 See generally, Ellen K. Silbergeld, et al., Dioxin at Diamond: A Case Study in Oc- cupational/Environmental Exposure, in Toxic CIRcLFs 55 (Helen E. Sheehan & Rich- ard P. Wedeen eds., 1993). ' See <http://www.epa.gov.superfund.nj.newark-newark> (visited Feb. 27, 1998) (detailing over 70 active sites in Newark).

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