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Farmingdale eyes possible damage from toxins
Bracing for an underground toxic plume spreading steadily south from the former Grumman Corp. plant in Bethpage, Farmingdale Village has hired a Manhattan-based law firm to help it collect potential damages from groundwater contamination.
The plume is projected to hit Farmingdale’s Well 1, where a water tower stands, in 2020, but the village seeks to be proactive, Mayor Ralph Ekstrand said.
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