Coined the "Valley of the Drums", the site near Wilson Creek and the Jefferson Memorial Forest was one of the toxic waste dumps that spurred the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to create its ...

Starting in the 1950s, Ciba-Geigy — which had been the town’s largest employer — flushed chemicals into the Toms River and the Atlantic Ocean, and buried 47,000 drums of toxic waste in the ...

They were the town's biggest employer at the time. Over 47,000 drums of toxic waste were also buried in the ground. The extent of pollution created in the area is still being cleaned up to this day.

Starting in the 1950s, Ciba-Geigy — which had been the town’s largest employer — flushed chemicals into the Toms River and the Atlantic Ocean, and buried 47,000 drums of toxic waste in the ...