Environmental advocates fear Hurricane Sandy disturbed superfund sites

 

Environmental advocates said they fear flooding from Hurricane Sandy has carried toxic materials from New York City superfund sites to other locales within the city, the New York Daily News reported.

State and city officials have told residents to avoid contact with standing water left over from the floods. Officials with the U.S. EPA told the newspaper that the Gowanus Canal superfund site did overflow, but the agency didn't see any significant health risk because most of what spilled was ocean water.

New York has received reports of more than 630 storm-related oil spills and is monitoring the clean up, the Daily News reported.

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