2019 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 22:48:39 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "New contamination found at Bethpage [New York] Superfund site"
 
New contamination found at Bethpage Superfund site

By Doug Geed
News12 Long Island (NY)
December 2, 2019

New contamination has been found at the Bethpage Community Park.

The old Grumman plant in Bethpage was declared a Superfund site in 1983 because of underground contamination after decades of military manufacturing at the site.

The ballfield at the Bethpage Community Park was closed in 2002 because contamination was found there. The contamination has now spread beyond the ballfield and into the parking lot.

"This was identified in 1983. If the Navy and Grumman were giving serious consideration of this contamination and cleaning it up, we wouldn't still be identifying hotspots like this," said Adrienne Esposito, of Citizens Campaign for the Environment.

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For the entire story see
http://longisland.news12.com/story/41395175/new-contamination-found-at-bethpage-superfund-site

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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