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An American River: From Paradise to Superfund, Afloat on New Jersey's Passaic

By Kate Thompson, Mary Bruno
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By Kate Thompson, Mary Bruno
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We were afraid of its impenetrable darkness. Afraid of its industrial smell. We were afraid of the things that lived beneath its surface and the things that had died there. We were afraid of spotting a hand or a head bobbing in the rafts of garbage that floated by. We were afraid of submerged intake valves that sucked water into the factories along the banks. We were afraid of the river's filth. It wasn't the kind of filth that came from playing with your friends. It was grownup filth. The ...

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