when some of the people on the
expedition seem to forget they
are in a toxic waste site area. In
one scene, a woman finds some
berries. A person asks, “do you
think it’s edible?” and someone
immediately responds “no!”
While Cohrs said he never discussed with medical professionals the dangers of the environmental aspects he and his group
would encounter, he was well
aware of the Superfund sites in
the area. These are polluted ar-
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eas which require a long-term
response to clean up their hazardous material contaminations.
New Jersey has over 100 Superfund sites, including six in the
Meadowlands region.
The film actually shows the
third trip through the area made
by Cohrs. The first trip was for a
week and consisted of just Cohrs
and two others sharing one canoe. On that first trip, he had a
couple of encounters including
one with Homeland Security on
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