A former student has filed a lawsuit against the Town of Brookhaven in connection with her recent cancer diagnosis.
Skye Dodge, 19, of East Patchogue, blames her thyroid cancer on toxic conditions at the Brookhaven Landfill, which is behind Frank P. Long Intermediate School in North Bellport.
Her lawsuit filed last week is the latest in a series of litigation filed by staff and former students surrounding the alleged impact of the Yaphank-based landfill. Dodge attended the school from 2014 to 2016.
The landfill stores ash from incinerators and waste from construction sites. Federal and state regulators have cited the company Covanta that uses the landfill for violating emissions and odor regulations.
Newsday reports the town has not found any connection between emissions from the landfill and adverse health effects.
