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Gillibrand's Clean Water Bill Isn't A Moment Too Soon For Calverton Homes Polluted With PFAS


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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has reintroduced legislation that would more strictly regulate groundwater for PFAS chemicals. PFAS contamination has been detected in 49 states across the country. Homeowners in Calverton, Long Island, who live near a former naval defense manufacturer know the impacts of the contamination well.
The latest analysis by Suffolk County Department of Health Services shows PFAS was detected in nearly 15% of private drinking wells tested in Calverton. Lawn signs now cover Calverton homes calling for the Navy to step in to remediate their contaminated private drinking water wells.
The former Northrop Grumman weapons plant was contracted by the Navy to help build fighter jets during the Vietnam War. The dumping of manufacturing waste, and a jet crash in the 1970s, contributed to the contamination of the groundwater. The site was later a training ground where firefighting foam that con ....

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