​Newsday investigative reporters, Paul Larocco and David M. Schwartz, uncovered the 50+ years of coverups and denials of responsibility by the US Navy and the Grumman Aerospace (today Northup-Grumman Co.) in the operation of their facilities at Bethpage, N.Y.  The two-day series (February 19 and 20, 2020) described in 26 pages of detailed reporting, how this disaster was allowed to happen. 

The reporters used previously undisclosed documents, interviews, and public statements from those involved to definitively prove the intentional efforts by state officials, and the two responsible parties, to delay active responses to the pending disaster that dumping the chemicals into the ground would eventually create. 

Congratulations to Newsday and these two reporters, David Schwartz and Paul Larocco, for a true public service in uncovering decades of deceit, misinformation, and secrecy. Background documents and videos are also posted online by Newsday.