Is It Safe to Grow Food in Middlesex County?
Federal record: HighWe checked the federal record around Middlesex County — 4,027 documented sites across 7 of the 8 site registers we track, 116 of them high-severity.
The most significant on record: 101 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.
Middlesex County carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 4,027 documented sites, most of them underground storage tanks. That's a record of the area's history, not a verdict on any one yard: proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis. Before food beds go in, a professional soil test tells you exactly what you're working with — and raised beds with clean imported soil grow well almost anywhere in the meantime.
Documented sites nearest the Middlesex County center
- East Brunswick Twp Dpw Center — Brownfields · ~0.6 km from the county center
- Automatic Data Processing — Underground Storage Tanks · ~0.7 km from the county center
- Mon Eco Industries Inc — Brownfields · ~0.7 km from the county center
These are the closest documented sites to Middlesex County's geographic center — a screening reference, not a reading on any specific address. Check your own New Jersey parcel to see what's actually near you.
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