'Forever Chemicals' Found In Groundwater Near Brookhaven Calabro Airport: Report

MASTIC, NY — Fifty-seven public and private wells, just south of Brookhaven Calabro Airport, will be tested throughout Mastic and Shirley for possible contamination by forever chemicals, Newsday reported.

Monitoring at wells in the area near the airport and Mastic Fire Department Station 1 found perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid that were above levels that are considered safe, health department officials told the outlet.

Officials plan to reach out to property owners to survey their wells for free, the outlet reported.

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In a statement to Patch, Brookhaven Town officials had this to say: "PFAS and PFOS are found in thousands of products, from firefighting foam to ordinary household products like contact lenses, non-stick pans, and food wrapping."

"Brookhaven joined a lawsuit against PFAS manufacturers when the potential impacts of these compounds was announced by the EPA," the statement continues. "We support the testing being done by Suffolk County so that residents and local governments can be made aware of where PFAS from these products and be found and addressed.”

Islip MacArthur Airport was added to the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Superfund list after the chemicals were found back in February.