From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 2 Mar 2020 10:26:10 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] VOCs, CONTRACTOR: "Water testing to be conducted near Grumman site in Calverton" |
Water testing to be conducted near Grumman site in Calverton By Jean-Paul Salamanca Long Island Newsday (NY) February 27, 2020 The wells of about 60 homes near the former Grumman property in Calverton once operated by the U.S. Navy will be tested for possible contaminants in April, Suffolk County Department of Health Services and Suffolk County Water Authority officials said. Several property owners living near the site asked U.S. Navy officials to conduct private well testing in areas south of the former Grumman property, said Gioia Knutson, a Suffolk County health department spokeswoman. The health department plans to have samples analyzed for PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, along with contaminants such as 1,4 dioxane, MTBE and other volatile organic contaminants, which will be analyzed by the department’s Public and Environmental Health laboratory, Knutson said. … For the entire article, see https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/grumman-calverton-water-testing-1.42265681 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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