Stop Environmental Racism on Long Island
The Brookhaven landfill is an environmental justice impact zone.
Facts:
It has been in operation since 1974, and is over 270 feet tall
It has been ordered by the Department of Environmental Conservation to take action to reduce toxic gasses and odors
emanating from the Landfill
The current policy on Long Island is to burn household waste at the Covanta-Hempstead Incinerator in Westbury
The Incinerator is located adjacent to a majority Black, Latinx working-class community
The residual burnt ash is trucked (over 350,000 tons annually) to the Brookhaven Landfill, in addition to over 700,000 tons
of solid waste annually
The Landfill is located in North Bellport, which is also a majority Black, Latinx Indigenous and working-class community
The Brookhaven Landfill if located less than a mile from the Frank P. Long Intermediate School. Since1998, 35 faculty have been diagnosed with cancer-related illnesses. 11 teachers have died. Town and NYS officials deny any connection to the Landfill poison.
North Bellport has the 2nd highest asthma hospital ED rates in Suffolk County, (Wyandanch is the highest).
North Bellport, as reported by the U.S. CDC, has the lowest life expectancy on Long Island
HOW TO ADVOCATE AND HELP
Contact the Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group (BLARG). This is a multi-community coalition that has come together in the past three years to support a sustainable and just solution to the Brookhaven Town's waste crisis.
Read more here: https://therevelator.org/brookhaven-environmental-justice/
Contact: Brookhavennaacp.org or Marvin.Colson@stonybrook.edu to get involved in advocacy efforts
