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Toxic Waste

NY officials investigating area near Gowanus Canal for contamination

  • Jun 17, 2024

Most common material filling US landfills is food waste: EPA

  • Apr 12, 2023

2nd federal agency to investigate Norfolk Southern

  • Mar 8, 2023
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EPA takes action against rail company after toxic train derailment

  • Feb 22, 2023

Mom to sue town, school district after son dies of illness

  • Jan 23, 2023

Class action lawsuit accuses school district of negligence

  • Sep 9, 2020

CT town reveals elevated levels of lead, arsenic in park soil

  • Aug 22, 2019

Questions remain over health risks at Long Island middle school

  • Jul 26, 2018

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New York sued for not allowing toxic waste dumping in Hudson River

  • Apr 27, 2024
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Mom to sue Long Island town, school district after son dies of illness

  • Jan 23, 2023
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Wood Dale-based EarthPaint gives back to adults with disabilities, stopping paint waste

  • Aug 30, 2022
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Connecticut town reveals elevated levels of lead, arsenic in park soil; further testing at other fields underway

  • Aug 22, 2019
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Connecticut town reveals elevated levels of lead, arsenic in park soil; further testing at other fields underway

  • Aug 22, 2019
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Pair wanted for dumping toxic waste in Long Island Pine Barrens

  • Jul 11, 2018
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Is a landfill to blame for 35 cases of cancer at one Long Island school?

  • Feb 14, 2018
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Plan announced to clean up toxic groundwater plume on Long Island

  • Dec 21, 2017

Latest Stories

Pair wanted for dumping toxic waste in Long Island Pine Barrens

Investigators said a man and woman dumped eight barrels that contained anti-freeze and windshield washer fluid in a wooded area of the Pine Barrens in Manorville on May 20.

  • Jul 11, 2018

Assemblyman clarifies his role in talks about moving LI school over landfill concerns

State Assemblyman Dean Murray cleared up confusion Thursday about his involvement in talks exploring the possibility of relocating Frank P. Long Intermediate School in Bellport last year in response to ongoing concerns over the Brookhaven Landfill.

  • Mar 16, 2018

7 On Your Side stands by cancer report despite Long Island superintendent's criticism

The superintendent of the South Country Central School District on Long Island wrote a letter to the school community Thursday, responding to a 7 On Your Side Investigates report examining air quality at the district's intermediate school, which sits roughly a mile away from the community landfill.

  • Feb 16, 2018

Is a landfill to blame for 35 cases of cancer at one Long Island school?

A retired teacher from Long Island has counted 35 co-workers at Frank P. Long Intermediate School who have contracted cancer -- and at least 14 have died since about 1998. She believes the toxins from a nearby landfill are to blame.

  • Feb 14, 2018
Photo/Kristin Thorne

Plan announced to clean up toxic groundwater plume on Long Island

The plan includes installing 14 remediation wells around the perimeter of the 3.7-mile plume, which extends from the Hicksville area down to the Southern State Parkway.

  • Dec 21, 2017