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UPDATE – Residents Push for Answers on Mercury in Wells – New Info Added

Christopher South
Upper Township Mayor Jay Newman reading a statement about the mercury found in township wells.

By Christopher South

PETERSBURG – A “city woman” who had concerns about drinking well water was the start of the process that led to the detection of mercury in about a dozen wells in Beesley’s Point recently.

Cape May County Public Health Coordinator Kevin Thomas said a man’s girlfriend was moving from the city to his home in Beesley’s Point and had concerns about drinking untreated water. In August, the man decided to have the water tested as a way of reassuring his girlfriend, and the test came back positive for mercury, nitrates and perfluoroalkyl substances.

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