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Question of the Day: Do You Think Baykeeper is Right and Cesspool Laws Are Needed?

Let your fellow Patch readers know.

Kevin McAllister, executive director of the nonprofit Peconic Baykeeper, has recommended that lawmakers create new ordinance to require all new construction to include state-of-the-art cesspools to prevent nitrogen from reaching the bays and causing plums of biotoxins. Baykeeper's recommendation come as the has issued two warnings against consuming shellfish from the Shinnecock Bay because of the existence of biotoxins.

Patch wants to know if you support Baykeeper’s suggestion. Feel free to shout out your opinion in the comment section below this article.


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