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Solvay plant in West Deptford
A South Jersey chemical company says it will not use replacements for toxic “forever chemicals” after a state lawsuit accused it of spilling the chemicals into the environment amid long-standing claims by activists that both the original chemicals and their substitutes endanger public health.
Solvay, which operates in West Deptford, Gloucester County, announced Wednesday that it will stop using “fluorosurfactant process aids” by the end of June as part of an effort to serve its clients more sustainably. It said it will no longer use the chemicals in West Deptford or anywhere in the United States.
Christopher Runion
Mr. Runion is running for re-election, and currently serves on the following Committees: Agway, Courts, Environmental, Parks/Rec/Fireworks, Schools, Shade Tree, Utilities
Chris is a science and special education teacher, and holds two master s degrees, in Philosophy and Education, from Loyola Marymount University and TCNJ, respectively. Chris has previously served as an AmeriCorps member, training volunteers to build homes for Habitat for Humanity, and is a long-time community activist, serving as a past board member for Montgomery Friends of Open Space, and as a member with the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Sourlands Conservancy, and Sierra Club. .
Caitlin Giles-McCormick
For Immediate Release, May 5, 2021
Contact:
Maya K. van Rossum, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, 215-369-1188 x 102, keeper@delawareriverkeeper.org
Delaware Urged to Ban Commercial Trapping of Wild Turtles
Unlimited Numbers of Snapping Turtles Can Currently Be Caught, Sold
DOVER,
Del. The Center for Biological Diversity and Delaware Riverkeeper Network petitioned the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control today to end commercial collection of the state’s common snapping turtles. Under current state law, turtle trappers can legally collect unlimited numbers of common snapping turtles to sell domestically or export for food and medicinal markets.
“The commercial harvest of turtles is always unsustainable and bad for our rivers,” said Tamara Strobel, a staff scientist at the Center. “It’s time for Delaware to step up and add its name to the growing list of states that have banned commercial turtle trapping, which t