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Index
The Story
Part one
The Fire
Part two
The Dump
Part three Aftermath
Part four Cancers
Part five
Paper Trail
Part six
Moose Dies
Part seven
Gag Order
Part eight Who's Next
About this series
Multimedia
In their own words
Photos
Making of a disaster
Reports
The sick and the dead
Cancer Incidence
Chemicals at the site
Companies with waste at the site:
By Name

By Gallons
By Location

Companies Whose Waste Went to the Wade Property

SOURCE: Court Records, U.S. v. Wade

Company Location Chemicals Dumped Volume in Gallons

Prior Coated Metals Inc. Allentown, Pa. Methyl ethyl ketone, toluol. 1,815
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Allentown, Pa. (HQ) Acids, toluene diamine acid, transformer oil. 3,630
Amchem Products Inc. Ambler, Montgomery County, Pa. Hydrochloric & sulfuric acids, xylene, chromium. 123,470
Ashland Oil Inc. Ashland, Ky. (HQ) Sulfuric and nitric acids, 1-chloro-3-nitrobenzene, hydrocarbons. 69,500
Diversified Printing Corp. Atglen, Chester County, Pa. Copper, chromium, iron-plating waste. NA
Apollo Metals Inc. Bethlehem, Pa. Copper sulfate liquid, carbonate plating waste (cyanide). NA
Budd Co. Bridgeport, Montgomery County, Pa. Cooker liquor. NA
Sandvik Inc. Clarks Summit, Lackawanna County, Pa. Hydrofluoric & nitric acids, chromium, nickel. 135,100
B.W. Coatings / Grow Group Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Not available. NA
Wood Industrial Products Co. Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pa. Pickling acid wastes. 5,500
East Falls Corp. Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pa. Muriatic acid, ferric chloride. NA
Standard Chlorine Chemical Co. Delaware City, Del. Sodium and ferric chlorinated benzene. 74,515
Asten Group Inc. Devon, Chester County, Pa. Tetrachloroethylene. 31,100
Mobile Hydro Hydraulics Inc. Downingtown, Chester County, Pa. Phenols. 17,671
Gould Inc. Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pa. Lead in liquid waste. NA
Knoll International Inc. East Greenville, Montgomery County, Pa. Methylene chloride, waste acids. 63,400
Sun Chemical Corp. East Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J. Toluene, caustic solvents, polyvinyl chloride. 11,715
Superior Tube Co. Evansburg, Montgomery County, Pa. Hydrofluoric & sulfuric acids, chromium, nickel, zinc. 103,600
General Electric Co. Fairfield, Conn. (HQ) TCE. 11,275
Jordan Chemical Co. Folcroft, Delaware County, Pa. Synthetic fiber, textile chemicals. NA
Sherwin-Williams Co. Gibbsboro, Camden County, N.J. Toluene, xylene, ketones, hydrocarbons. 47,418
Owens-Illinois Inc. Glassboro, Gloucester County, N.J. Xylene, toluene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane. 52,545
American Cyanamid Co. Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pa. Vinyl chloride, polyvinyl chloride, vinyl acetate. 103,785
Ford Aerospace & Communications Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pa. Toluene, TCE, acids. 14,080
Congoleum Corp. Marcus Hook, Delaware County, Pa. Polyvinyl chloride, plasticizers, solvents. NA
Allied Chemical Corp. Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Phenols, acids, oil, salt. 35,343
Pennsbury Coatings Corp. New Britain, Bucks County, Pa. Methyl ethyl ketone, alcohol, toluene, xylene, naptha. 6,095
SCM Corp. New York, N.Y. (HQ) Zinc oxide slurry, toluene, nitrobenzene. 4,123
U.S. Chrome Corp. / Tibon Plating Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa. Chromic acid, sulfuric acid. 3,035
CPS Chemical Co. Old Bridge, Middlesex County, N.J. Methacrylate, methanol. 120,450
Ansley/ T&B Electronics Corp. Perkasie, Bucks County, Pa. Lead, copper, nickel, acids. 31,635
Delbar Products Inc. Perkasie, Bucks County, Pa. Xylene, chromium, zinc, TCE, hydrocarbons. 19,185
Union Carbide Corp. Philadelphia Ethylene glycol, acrylates, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetates. 6,400
NL Industries Philadelphia Waste containing mixture of lead and chemicals. NA
Scott Paper Co. Philadelphia Waste water, composition unspecified. NA
Recticon Corp. Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pa. Nitric, hydrofluoric & chromic acids. 4,620
H.K. Porter Inc. Prospect Park, Delaware County, Pa. Acids, chromium, nickel. 60,695
Boeing Vertol Co. Ridley Twp., Delaware County, Pa. Cyanide, paint solids, oil, acids, alkaline. 72,000
J.L. Clark Manufacturing Inc. Rockford, Ill. (HQ) Xylene, vinyl chloride. NA
Sermatech International Inc. Royersford, Montgomery County, Pa. Acid. 20,617
Sybron Corp. Trenton, N.J. Caustic soda, methyl methacrylate. 230,830
SmithKline Corp. Upper Merion, Montgomery County, Pa. Toluene, mercury, cyanide, lead, nitrobenzene. 374,729
Wyeth Laboratories Inc. West Chester, Chester County, Pa. Acetone, dimethylamine, chlorine, sulfuric acid. 95,000
Texaco Inc. Westville, Gloucester County, N.J. Leaded tank-bottom sludges; biological sludge. NA
E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co. In. Wilmington, Del. Hydrochloric and fluoroboric acids, trace metals. 112,800
Gates Engineering Co. Inc. Wilmington, Del. Methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, toluene, xylene. 19,815
Zallea Brothers Inc. Wilmington, Del. Pickling acid wastes. 5,000
Kaumagraph Corp. Wilmington, Del. Toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, oil, waste ink. 2,845


 
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