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     newtoallthis Citizen Username: Newtoallthis Post Number: 300 Registered: 2-2003 |
Saw a story in local paper about this and got the EPA info. They say everything's A-ok. I had never heard of this. http://www.epa.gov/r02earth/superfund/npl/proposedplan_august2006.pdf | ||
| John Caffrey Citizen Username: Jerseyjack Post Number: 486 Registered: 11-2005 |
I believe this is about a company that used to paint radium on watch dials. These were available for sale after WW II. The company went out of business when it was figured out that radium was harmful. Then the site became superfunded about 20 years later. Radium stuff was popular for about 10 years. I remember my mom buying paint that had radium mixed in and I painted the light switches so that they could be seen in the dark. I also remember that the Victory shoe store in Millburn had a device where in one placed their feet and an image of the bone structure was imprinted on a piece of paper with radium on it. This was supposed to insure a proper fit. I guess it worked because I never got blisters from the shoes. | ||
| CageyD Citizen Username: Cageyd Post Number: 708 Registered: 6-2003 |
I remember when we were looking to buy a house here 9 years ago, our realtor pointed out a house that was boarded up - near Underhill Field that had been designated a hazmat site by the EPA. Turns out the owner had worked in the watch factory for decades and had been collecting radium watches, keeping them in his basement. A satellite hovering overhead, picked up high amounts of radiation coming from the SO/M area and zeroed in on that area. EPA et. al swooped in, removed all glowing materials and left the house abandoned. I have passed by the house in recent years and seen it is now occuplied. ALways wondered if the new owners knew the history of the house. | ||
| Crazy_quilter Citizen Username: Crazy_quilter Post Number: 394 Registered: 2-2005 |
the story i heard about that house was that the worker brought home some ROCKS that the water from the factory used to run over. He put them in the garden. They tore down the house, removed a lot of soil and re-built a whole new house. That's not the same house. |
