[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "NY State To Begin Testing Ground Water Near Former Northrop Grumman Plant , " Long Island, NY

[Lenny Siegel]

NY State To Begin Testing Ground Water Near Former Northrop Grumman Plant 

By JESSICA OPATICH & JD ALLEN 
WSHU Public Radio
February 18, 2016 


A plume of toxic chemicals has been spreading slowly underground near the former Northrop Grumman plant in Bethpage, N.Y., for 60 years. It was formed by a chemical that the defense contractor used to build fighter jets for the U.S. Navy.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that the state began testing ground water in Massapequa, which sits in the plume’s path between the old plant and the ocean, to see if and when the plume might pose a danger to people who live nearby.

Tony Becker, a former engineer who worked at the Grumman plant in the late 60s, said that, at the time, there wasn’t much concern about environmental contamination.


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For the entire story, see
http://wshu.org/post/ny-state-begin-testing-ground-water-near-former-northrop-grumman-plant

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Lenny Siegel
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