Peconic River

The name comes from the fact that they cannot break down in the environment or the human body.

Data collected by the Environment America Research and Policy Center shows these chemicals were found throughout Long Island waterways, including the Peconic River, Manhasset Bay and Willets Creek.

High levels of PFAS detected in fish from Swan Pond in Calverton led to a fishing ban there.

The presence of these chemicals are in part due to manufacturers that dump their wastewater directly into nearby waterways.

One nanogram per litre is equivalent to one part per trillion.

The outliers were both along the Peconic River.

At those sites, PFAS were measured at 60.3 and 120 nanograms per liter.

Oh, good.

The bill has not yet been signed by the governor.

None of the water bodies cited in the report are drinking water sources, but the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has banned fishing from certain ponds where fish were found to be contaminated with PFAS.

The Peconic River locations are downstream from the former Grumman site in Calverton, where the company built and tested jets for the Navy in the 50s and 60s.

A plume of contamination has been spreading underground from that site toward the Peconic.

... yes, uh, Downtown Riverhead is getting into the Halloween spirit.

So it's bringing some spooky season fun to the Peconic River with its inaugural Witches and Wizards Paddle on October 3rd.

This sounds really fun.

Participants are invited to dress in their best witch or wizard costumes, and decorate their paddleboards, kayaks, canoes, for a festive paddle along the Riverhead waterfront, while spectators can line the Riverwalk and riverfronts, taking the fun.

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And if you haven't done it just yet, tonight, right now, would be a really good idea to do this.