Anastasia Valeeva

1 week ago | newsday.com | Anastasia Valeeva

A year after the Biden administration set strict drinking water limits for "forever chemicals," seven of the 36 Long Island districts that have submitted data reported annual averages that exceeded the limit, according to a Newsday analysis. Water suppliers, many of which are installing treatment systems, have until 2029 to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule about the six chemicals, so these results don’t yet amount to a violation.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Sandra Peddie |Anastasia Valeeva

Nicolette Franzone was just a week shy of her 13th birthday when she and her sister, Angelica, went to their first sleepover. After a fun night, the girls piled into a car around noon to see a movie. An older girlfriend drove, and at the last minute, Nicolette changed seats with her sister. As they entered the intersection with the green light at County Road 101 and Woodside Avenue in Medford, Nicolette saw a black car hurtling toward them.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Anastasia Valeeva

Every five years, the federal Environmental Protection Agency requires the country’s water providers to test for about 30 new contaminants — a process the agency calls the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, or UCMR. The samples are drawn from the water after it has been treated to accurately reflect the quality of the water that is ultimately delivered to household faucets.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Anastasia Valeeva

Nineteen Long Island water suppliers so farhave detected unregulated "forever chemicals" that can be difficult to remove, according to a federal database of testing results, providing a look at a new challenge facing the Island’s drinking water. The health effects of those chemicals, known as "short-chain PFAS," have not yet been extensively studied.

2 months ago | newsday.com | Joshua Solomon |Sandra Peddie |Anastasia Valeeva

Suffolk County Executive Edward P. Romaine has ordered a county "Child Fatality Review Team" to convene for the first time, a move publicly announced after a Newsday investigation into the death of a Middle Island boy whose mother was investigated numerous times by Child Protective Services. The team was established by the county legislature nearly a decade ago, but was never put into action, Romaine's office said in a statement.