What is going on in Islip? 
There are some nasty, dangerous and illegal things seeping from various toxic piles, though I'm sure there's a perfectly plausible and innocent explanation for those. 
Matt Davies is Newsday’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. 
Mobile users: Visit newsday.com/mattdavies or click on the link above to see Davies' cartoons

What is going on in Islip? There are some nasty, dangerous and illegal things seeping from various toxic piles, though I'm sure there's a perfectly plausible and innocent explanation for those. Matt Davies is Newsday’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. Mobile users: Visit newsday.com/mattdavies or click on the link above to see Davies' cartoons

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