‘Forever chemicals’ are polluting the Peconic River. New data makes strongest case yet that former Navy site is to blame.

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‘Forever chemicals’ are polluting the Peconic River. New data makes strongest case yet that former Navy site is to blame.

Man-made “forever chemicals” have been polluting the Peconic River system for years. The chemicals are present in some fish, and they’ve been found in the private water wells of nearby homes. Clean water advocates have long pointed to the former Northrop-Grumman site in Calverton, which was used for decades by the U.S. Navy contractor to develop and test aircraft, as the source of the… Source