PFAS Archives - Shelter Island Reporter

06.15.2026 Featured Story

Suffolk County Water Authority site plan stalled

“PFAS” and “PFOS” were acronyms unknown to most people not so long ago. But today many have learned these are man-made chemicals that are in products found in their...

05.27.2026 Featured Story

Water Advisory Committee: Test your water

If there is a single message the Water Advisory Committee (WAC) wants Islanders to follow it’s to test their water. The WAC has secured money, largely from the Water...

03.14.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: March 14, 2026

NINE MORE MONTHS To the Editor: Finally, winter has receded and the “Snow-Drops” (Galanthus) are looking beautiful popping up through frost-free ground. The weather is now warm enough to...

03.11.2026 Feature Story

Study: ‘Forever chemicals’ found in vegetables from Long Island farm stands

“Forever chemicals” known as PFAS — cancer-causing pollutants already found in Long Island groundwater — have been detected in vegetables purchased from farm stands across the North and South forks, according to a new study...

02.15.2026 Featured Story

Town water committee has drought worries

“We are nervous.” That was Water Advisory Committee (WAC) member Greg Toner speaking at the committee’s Feb. 3 meeting about numbers currently available for test well levels on Shelter...

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