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Another batch of chemical drums filled with liquid toxins has been unearthed in a New York neighborhood - just two weeks after six were originally found in the area.
Officials investigating the initial find uncovered up to five more 55-gallon drums containing waste petroleum and chlorinated solvents that have been lying beneath the Town of Oyster Bay in Long Island for decades.
The drums were buried by North Grumman when it operated an aerospace facility in the town from the 1950s to 1990s, and used what is now Bethpage Community Park as its dumping ground.
Residents have long raised concerns about a mysterious rise in cancer over the years and claim the discarded toxins are to blame - officials fear the waste may have leaked into the soil and is on the way to public drinking supply.
Another batch of chemical drums filled with liquid toxins has been unearthed in a New York neighborhood - just two weeks after six were originally found in the area
The drums were buried by North Grumman when it operated an aerospace facility in the town from the 1950s to 1990s, and used what is now Bethpage Community Park as its dumping ground. And the town claims there has been a rise in cancer rates
Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino told NBC New York: 'These chemicals are very dangerous. They don't belong in this park.
'When Grumman left Long Island they took 20,000 jobs with them but they left their sins behind in this graveyard of contamination.'
The town is home to more than 17,200 people who have been fearful about the effects of the Grumman Aerospace waste, specifically a four-mile-long carcinogenic plume flowing underground.
Residents have also found toxic compounds in their attacks and the soil - and a family of three living close to the park were all stricken with cancer.
The latest batch of drums was uncovered on Tuesday by teams pulling the other barrels from the ground.
A giant crane at the site was seen pulling each one out of a pit, which were encased in concrete.
Bethpage homeowner and cancer patient Pamela Carlucci told CBS News: 'I'm not the only one. This is an area with a lot of cancer and a lot of heartache.'
She continued to explain that she new of up to 18 people who have died from or have cancer.
Bethpage homeowner and cancer patient Pamela Carlucci told CBS News : 'I'm not the only one. This is an area with a lot of cancer and a lot of heartache.' She continued to explain that she new of up to 18 people who have died from or have cancer
The barrels were uncovered about six feet in the ground and encased in concrete
The drums were buried by North Grumman when it operated an aerospace facility in the town from the 1950s to 1990s. Officials fear the waste may have leaked into the soil and is on the way to public drinking supply
The latest batch of drums was uncovered on Tuesday by teams pulling the other barrels from the ground
While many residents have similar stories, no official link between cancer diagnoses and Grumman's toxic waste dumping has been found.
So concerned were locals about health issues that the state health department conducted a study into cancer diagnoses in the town in 2013.
The three-year researcher found no higher overall cancer rates in a 20-block area surrounding the former Grumman property.
But officials noted that there were scientific limitations that made it nearly impossible to link residential cancer clusters and pollution.
What the study did uncover was that within a one-block area, all those diagnosed with cancer were younger than expected.
The newly discovered drums are set to be tested to determine what is inside and ensure chemicals have not leaked into the ground.
Grumman is also said to be putting its own team together to find other drums that could be hiding the 18 acres of the park - as officials are still reeling from those found earlier this month.
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino told local ABC 7: 'The discovery of the drums in these coffin-like vaults is further proof that Grumman created an
