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Wells eyed after tainted groundwater found

A handful of residents along East Main Street in Yaphank are getting their wells tested after unusual levels of manganese and radioactivity were found in groundwater south of a large mulching facility.

The pollution appears to mirror contaminants found in groundwater at another site 3 miles away -- Long Island Compost's Great Gardens transfer station on Horseblock Road -- according to Suffolk...

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