Water Resource Development Act

 
The New York/New Jersey Harbor and its vicinity areas are contaminated by inorganic and organic contaminants.  The environmental status of the Harbor is a common concern. Contaminant distributions in surficial sediments of New York/New Jersey Harbor and its vicinity are shown graphically by a series of images generated by the Brookhaven National Laboratory.

 

Jamaica Bay
Toxic metals	Organic compounds
Cadimum (Cd)	Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane (DDT)
Chromium (Cr)	Dioxin (TCDD)
Copper (Cu)	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)
Lead (Pb)	Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)
Mercury (Hg)	Nickel (Ni)
Newark Bay
Toxic metals	Organic compounds
Cadimum (Cd)	Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane (DDT)
Chromium (Cr)	Dioxin (TCDD)
Lead (Pb)	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)
Mercury (Hg)	Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)
Nickel (Ni)
New York Harbor
Toxic metals	Organic compounds
Chromium (Cr)	Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane (DDT)
Copper (Cu)	Dioxin (TCDD)
Lead (Pb)	Mercury (Hg)
Nickel (Ni)
Zinc (Zn)
New York/New Jersey Harbor
Toxic metals	Organic compounds
Chromium (Cr)	Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane (DDT)
Mercury (Hg)	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)
Nickel (Ni)
Passaic River
Toxic metals	Organic compounds
Chromium (Cr)	Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD)    (3-D view #1)
Mercury (Hg)	Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD)    (3-D view #2)
Lead (Pb)	Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD)    (3-D view #3)
	Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD)
	Polychlorinated biphenyl (2', 3, 4', 5 PCB)
	Polychlorinated biphenyl (2', 3, 4', 5 PCB)  (Spot view)

 

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