Many Bay Shore residents vexed by toxic plume
Quick ReadTom Stringer had been alarmed since the spring, when brown oily spots began appearing on his basement floor.
Photo credit: Photo by Tom Stringer | Bay Shore resident Tom Stringer had complained to the DEC and National Grid about strange black spots in his basement. His home is directly on a mile-long plume of coal-tar toxins. He said workers in "hazardous material" vests and began digging wells around his property without notice. (Sept. 1, 2010)
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Coal-tar toxins in Bay Shore
Tom Stringer was at his Manhattan office on Sept. 7 when the call came from his Bay Shore home. "Something has changed," he recalled his wife, Daniele, saying. "They're wearing 'emergency spill response' vests."
Stringer had been alarmed since the spring, when brown oily spots began appearing on his basement floor. The Stringers, who moved to the house on Lanier Lane in 2003, have two small...
