[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Suffolk officials and residents furious over decades of chemical pollution at Calverton [NY] site"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

'Nothing Has Been Done.' Suffolk officials and residents furious over decades of chemical pollution at Calverton site 
Residents in surrounding communities say they have been frustrated for years by the lack of progress.


By Jeremy Skiba
News 12 Long Island (NY)
April 28, 2026

Suffolk County officials say contamination at the former Navy site in Calverton has worsened, and a new county health department study shows increased levels of PFAS and other chemicals in nearby waterways and private wells.

Residents in surrounding communities say they have been frustrated for years by the lack of progress.

“They’ve known about this for a long time and nothing has been done. The whole Grumman thing is a fiasco,” said Phyllis Hartman
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According to Suffolk County officials, some water samples taken near the site showed contamination levels as high as 1,000 times the legal limit.

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For the entire story, see
https://longisland.news12.com/nothing-has-been-done-suffolk-officials-and-residents-furious-over-decades-of-chemical-pollution-at-calverton-site



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Lenny Siegel
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