New Jersey
Military Base Contamination in New Jersey
3 installations in New Jersey are profiled on this site for documented environmental contamination. Each page covers what was found, the cleanup status, and the health concerns for those who served there.
Fort Dix (Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst)
Fort Dix in New Jersey, now part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, has a documented Superfund landfill with solvent and metal contamination as well as PFAS linked to firefighting foam.
Naval Weapons Station Earle
A Navy munitions base in Monmouth County, New Jersey, listed as a Superfund site in 1990 for solvent, metal, and PFAS contamination.
Picatinny Arsenal
Picatinny Arsenal, a longtime Army munitions and armaments center in Morris County, New Jersey, is an EPA Superfund site with documented heavy metals, solvent, and PFAS contamination.