A chemical company operating in West Deptford said it has begun testing public water supplies for PFCs, a potentially carcinogenic class of chemicals that has been previously detected there, in an effort to find the source of the contamination, according to NJ Spotlight
The announcement by Solvay Solexis came days after officials in nearby Paulsboro said they had found radium exceeding the federal health standard in the public water supply, and had shut down a well where it had occurred, albeit some nine months after the contamination was first detected, according to NJ Spotlight.
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