More groundwater tests near Bay Shore toxic plume
Photo credit: handout | An environmental worker takes a sample from a test well above a toxic plume in Bay Shore near the home of a resident who reported strong odors from water pumped from beneath his basement.
Suffolk County has joined in an effort to conduct new tests of groundwater wells around a toxic plume in Bay Shore after elevated toxins were found in water pumped from beneath a resident's home last month.
Suffolk said it is testing water from the sump pumps of two residents' homes, and from seven other wells it has drilled in the area.
The work follows the discovery of increased toxin...