[CPEO-MEF] CONTRACTORS, DIOXANE: "Bethpage [NY] Water District files lawsuit against Northrop Grumman"

[Lenny Siegel]

Bethpage Water District files lawsuit against Northrop Grumman, chemical companies
The authority estimates the cost to treat 1,4-dioxane at eight of its nine water wells at $30 million to $40 million.


By David M. Schwartz
Long Island Newsday (NY)
March 7, 2019 

The Bethpage Water District filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Northrop Grumman and chemical companies over the likely carcinogen 1,4-dioxane, which has been found in the district's drinking water wells at levels 12 times higher than what was recommended by a state drinking water panel.

The lawsuit said the contamination came from operations at the 600-acre former site where the Navy and the company formerly known as Grumman researched, tested and manufactured airplanes and space exploration equipment from the 1930s to 1990s.

Through leaks, spills, routine wastewater discharge and "careless disposal practices," the man-made chemical 1,4-dioxane - used primarily to stabilize an industrial solvent used to degrease machine parts - contaminated groundwater, according to the lawsuit filed electronically in U.S. District Court's Eastern District of New York.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/environment/1-4-dioxane-bethpage-suit-1.28210892

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Lenny Siegel
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