[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Treatment plan for Calverton, NY Navy-Grumman contamination

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy pitches PFAS treatment plan amid growing fears of Swan Pond contamination

By Ana Borruto
Riverhead News-Review (NY)
June 15, 2026

Navy officials said Tuesday they are moving ahead with an interim treatment plan for groundwater contamination threatening Swan Pond, as criticism mounts over the military’s 30-year cleanup of the toxic Grumman plume in Calverton.

The announcement came during a virtual meeting with the Calverton Restoration Advisory Board and followed newly public Suffolk County health data showing startlingly high contaminant levels around the former Grumman site at EPCAL.

In light of those findings, the U.S. Navy proposed a “two-pronged process” to address a particular area at the former military aircraft facility that was used as a fire training pit and holds high concentrations of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, in the plume.

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2026/06/134544/navy-pitches-pfas-treatment-plan-amid-growing-fears-of-swan-pond-contamination/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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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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