Superfund site fumes

A number of residents near the Quanta Superfund site off River Road in Edgewater, New Jersey, have reported smelling noxious fumes for quite some time. For more than a century, a roofing tar plant operated at the site. Chemicals seeped into the ground and the work has exposed harmful toxins like naphthalene, a compound found in mothballs, cigarette smoke, and vehicle emissions. It can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea, kidney damage, or even cancer.