58:10-23.12 - Legislative findings and declarations - New Jersey Statutes

58:10-23.12.  Legislative findings and declarations
    The Legislature finds and declares that the incidence of hazardous waste discharges into the environment is increasing at an alarming rate;  that public  concern over the potential adverse health effects of exposure to such waste is  growing;  that estimation of risk to a community of exposure to toxic chemicals  and the determination of any health consequences that may result from the  exposure require sophisticated and costly biomedical and epidemiological  investigation;  that there is currently no Federal, State, or local program  that provides the medical or financial assistance required to protect potential  victims;  and that a State program to conduct diagnostic examination of victims  of exposure, evaluate the potential adverse health effects on affected  communities of the exposure, and plan to reduce the risk of environmental  contamination in areas with high potential for hazardous discharges is  therefore necessary and appropriate.

     L.1981, c. 456, s. 1, eff. Jan. 11, 1982.