Editing Bethpage, New York (section)

===Superfund site===
Bethpage's history as a space and aviation center has left heavy metals, toxic waste, and radioactive<ref>{{cite web |title=Governor Cuomo Orders Engineering Investigation to Expedite Containment of Long Island Groundwater Plumes |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-orders-engineering-investigation-expedite-containment-long-island-groundwater. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628041523/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-orders-engineering-investigation-expedite-containment-long-island-groundwater. |archive-date=June 28, 2019 |url-status=dead |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=governor.ny.gov}}</ref> byproducts dumped into the surrounding ground and leeching into the water. Bethpage as of 2012 has been declared a class 2 [[Superfund site]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Hinko |first=Christy |date=June 29, 2012 |title=DEC Outlines Remediation Plan For Bethpage Plume |url=http://www.antonnews.com/levittowntribune/news/23711-dec-outlines-remediation-plan-for-bethpage-plume.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810085436/http://www.antonnews.com/levittowntribune/news/23711-dec-outlines-remediation-plan-for-bethpage-plume.html |archive-date=August 10, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-03 |website=Levittown Tribune |publisher=Antonnews.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The rate of cancers and birth defects in Bethpage is statistically well above the national average, which many attribute to the polluted soil and ground water.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bethpagecancerproject.com/1/post/2013/07/blog-series-letters-togrumman-from-the-bethpage-community-part-i.html |title=Blog Series: Letters to Grumman from the Bethpage Community, Part I |publisher=Bethpage Cancer Project |access-date=2014-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042312/http://www.bethpagecancerproject.com/1/post/2013/07/blog-series-letters-togrumman-from-the-bethpage-community-part-i.html |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bethpage residents have taken action by filing a $500 million lawsuit against Grumman.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dooley |first=Emily C. |date=2016-09-15 |title=Bethpage Residents File $500M Lawsuit Against Northrop Grumman |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/bethpage-residents-file-500m-lawsuit-against-northrop-grumman-1.12323453 |url-access=subscription |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703044907/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/bethpage-residents-file-500m-lawsuit-against-northrop-grumman-1.12323453 |archive-date=2017-07-03 |access-date=2018-12-12 |newspaper=Newsday |language=en-us}}</ref>