Research Guides: History of Public Health: Environmental Disasters

Superfund Site: Diamond Alkali Company

Superfund Site: Diamond Alkali Co., Newark, NJ: In the 1950s and 1960s, the Diamond Alkali Company manufactured agricultural chemicals, including the herbicides used in the defoliant known as “Agent Orange” on Lister Avenue in Newark. A by-product of these manufacturing processes was 2,3,7,8-TCDD (dioxin), an extremely toxic chemical.

1977 Letter from the Medical Director of the Diamond Shamrock Corporation to the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health: Information on Diamond Shamrock's experience with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.

Assessment of Potential Sources of Release of Dioxin to the Environment From Reported Manufacturing Operations and Activities at the Diamond Shamrock Facility, 80 Lister Avenue, Newark, New Jersey: Prepared for Defense Steering Committee (Diamond Shamrock v. Aetna, et al), May 29, 1987.

“Reconstruction of Historical 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin Discharges from a Former Pesticide Manufacturing Plant to the Lower Passaic River": Robert Parette, David J. Velinsky, and Wendy N. Pearson. Chemosphere (Oxford) 212, December 2018, pp. 1125-1132. Rutgers-restricted Access

Health Consultation: Diamond Alkali Company: Prepared by the New Jersey Department of Health, Environmental Health Service, August 21, 1996.

Flink Water Crisis: Everything You Need to Know: NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) site. Includes a timeline with links to data, correspondence, reports, and other informaton relating to the litigation.

Flint Registry: Inaugural Report 2017-2021: "In this Inaugural Report, we share how Flint Registry participants are doing in areas of health, nutrition, development, and lead elimination."

Love Canal Collections: "An introduction to the history and background of the events that occured at Love Canal. Includes two chronologies of events, scanned documents of the Ecumenical Task Force, database of Love Canal articles, and a glossary of definitions for individuals, organizations, businesses, government agencies, chemical waste dump sites, and major issues relating to the Love Canal and other local environmental disaster areas." From the University at Buffalo Special Collections.

New York State Department of Health Investigations: Love Canal: Documents, health studies and reports.

The Three Mile Island Emergency: Resource Center: "An extensive collection of documents of the accident, including: transcripts and audio recordings of interviews collected at the time, government and industry documents not readily available in other places, photographs and newspaper coverage." From Dickenson College.