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Leachate Leak: Toxic Waste in NY Waterways | Buffalo News
A new report reveals a hidden environmental crisis in New York: toxic landfill leachate—packed with plastics, pesticides, heavy metals, and banned PFAS chemicals—is being dumped into major waterways like Lake Ontario, the Hudson, Niagara, and Mohawk Rivers, with 80% of the state’s leachate flowing into these four systems. Despite collection efforts, the liquid is routed to sewage plants that discharge it elsewhere, moving the problem rather than solving it. A DEC proposal to update regulations is falling short by ignoring inactive landfills still collecting leachate. Public input ends…
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