The latest phase of cleanup at Bethpage Community Park, where Grumman Aerospace spent decades dumping toxic chemicals, resulted in the extraction of 460 pounds of contamination from deep within the soil, state officials said Thursday.

Northrop Grumman, the corporate successor, turned on the thermal treatment system in September 2024. The technique employed 385 wells across three-quarters of an acre, spanning from the park's tennis courts to the ballfield area.

The technology uses electrical currents to heat up metal rods that vaporize the toxins before they are vacuumed into a surface-level treatment system .

A total of 460 pounds of volatile organic compounds were extracted, state Department of Environmental Commissioner Amanda Lefton said Thursday during a news conference at the par

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