Medical waste found on Port Washington beach
Officials gather around medical waste found on Manorhaven Beach Park in Port Washington. (Feb. 16, 2011) Credit: Charles Eckert
Nassau County police are trying to determine the origin of medical waste found washed up on the shore Wednesday morning at Manorhaven Beach Park in Port Washington.
A worker at the beach on Manorhaven Boulevard discovered "approximately 78 hypodermic needles, 43 hypodermic wrappers and 32 vials of a miscellaneous drug" on the beach at 8:10 a.m., Nassau police said in a news release.
The Nassau County Police Emergency Service Unit removed the waste, police said.
Police are investigating.
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