Posted on: Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 15:00 CDT By JAMES M. O'NEILL , STAFF WRITER Despite recent efforts by the state to make New Jersey safer from toxic chemical disasters, Governor Corzine needs to push for even more regulation to reduce the risks, according to a report by labor and environmental organizations. New Jersey has 97 facilities that use or manufacture highly hazardous chemicals and pose a "potential catastrophic safety and health risk" to workers and the public, according to the report, issued Tuesday by the New Jersey Work Environment Council, an alliance of 70 labor and environmental groups. Those facilities include seven in Bergen and Passaic counties, four of them water treatment plants that use chlorine, ammonia or ozone. In recent years, New Jersey has adopted several policies to improve safety and...
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