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Citing growing concern for water quality testing and public health across Bethpage, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer pushed a new plan, on June 24th 2019, to guarantee scheduled testing for radium levels in nearby groundwater is ironclad accurate. Schumer noted that the Navy-contracted company charged with performing the local testing—Tetra Tech—has a checkered past and has been caught falsifying records before. Therefore, Schumer’s push aims to include an amendment in the upcoming and must-pass National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would mandate the Navy’s testing receives an independent, second look. Right now, there is no such statutory mandate. Schumer said locals and others remain troubled by Tetra Tech’s past and that this amendment would deliver a sigh of relief.
“When it comes to the water we drink here on Long Island and in the beautiful community of Bethpage, the stakes are too high to be anything but certain,” said U.S. Senator Charles Schumer. “My push, today, aims to remove a giant weight from the shoulders of everyone here with me today, and the residents they represent.”