Contamination was top of mind in the year 2000, from kids’ crayons to Sag Harbor’s Rowe Industries, a Superfund site at the time.

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Six locations tested by Concerned Citizens of Montauk this week registered levels of enterococcus in the medium or high range, though most East Hampton Town sites tested showed low to no bacteria.