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The New York State Department of Health will conduct a new and expanded health study in Bethpage, more than a decade after an analysis found cancer rates surrounding Grumman’s toxic dumping ground did not surpass expected levels.
The agency announced Monday it will carry out a retrospective observational evaluation that pores over updated data from the New York State Cancer Registry over the next six months. Answering calls from elected officials, the new study will expand the geographic area targeted in a 2013 report and report on trends in cancer rates over time.
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By The Editorial Board
We've been down this runway before.
Six years ago, when residents of North Shore neighborhoods complained of aircraft noise due to the Kennedy Airport flight patterns, Rep. Tom Suozzi worked with the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic control personnel to develop new regulations that would reduce noise and improve his constituents' quality of life.
Now, he and other local elected officials are right back in the same flight pattern.
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