DEC spokeswoman Ringewald emphasized that the state is working to contain the contamination plume, while holding the Navy and Grumman accountable, but that the data so far “indicates that radium in ...

Groundwater quality in the neighborhood was contaminated by hazardous chemicals from the Hillview-Porter Plume, which migrated underground from decades of industrial dumping at the Stanford ...

The pollution, about 15 to 25 feet below ground, is a 250-acre groundwater plume contaminated with benzene and other toxic chemicals. Benzene is known to cause cancer. State health officials say ...