[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, CONTRACTORS: "Calverton [NY} well testing finds PFAS levels mostly under EPA limit, Navy says"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Calverton well testing finds PFAS levels mostly under EPA limit, Navy says

By Alek Lewis
Riverhead Local (NY)
April 4, 2025, 4:00 pm

Nearly all private drinking water wells sampled as a part of an expanded testing area surrounding the former Northrop-Grumman plant in Calverton did not contain harmful “forever chemicals” above the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Navy said this week.

The results, which a Navy spokesperson said were based on 30 private drinking water wells sampled within a mile of the former Northrop-Grumman site, did not contain concentrations of PFAS chemicals over the maximum contaminant levels set by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the Navy. The EPA’s maximum contaminant level represents the highest allowable concentration of a contaminant in drinking water before there are anticipated adverse health effects through consumption.

The only exception was one well sampled in 2019, which tested “slightly elevated PFAS levels” above the EPA’s maximum contaminant levels, the Navy said. The resident associated with the well opted to decline re-sampling, the Navy said.

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadlocal.com/2025/04/04/calverton-well-testing-finds-pfas-levels-mostly-under-epa-limit-navy-says/
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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
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)



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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
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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