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November 26, 2014
BETHPAGE, N.Y. — A decades-long toxic cleanup around the former aerospace plant that helped land a man on the moon is getting renewed scrutiny after groundwater tests showed a potential carcinogen spreading deeper and toward nearby Long Island communities.
Officials revealed this month that the 4.5-mile by 3.5-mile plume of underground contamination in Bethpage is moving deeper than ever. High concentrations of the industrial solvent trichloroethylene, or TCE, were found more than 60 stories below ground.
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