[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: "Residents group sues state, Navy over Bethpage [NY]contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Residents group sues state, Navy over Bethpage contamination
Long Island Pure Water Inc. filed the lawsuit in federal court, asking a judge to order an investigation of radiological materials.

By Emily C. Dooley
Long Island Newsday (NY)
February 2, 2018 

A clean-water group filed a lawsuit late Thursday against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, his state Department of Environmental Conservation, the U.S. Navy and the United States saying that authorities have failed to properly investigate radioactive contamination in Bethpage. 

Long Island Pure Water Ltd., a not-for-profit corporation comprising local residents, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, and asked a judge to order an investigation of radiological materials detected in the area. 

“The failures of Governor Cuomo, the [state Department of Environmental Conservation] and the Navy have caused an environmental catastrophe jeopardizing the health and safety of the citizens of Bethpage and its future generations,” the lawsuit said.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/radium-navy-grumman-radium-1.16497691

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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