Poisonin the RiversThe Quiet Scandal of Landfill Leachate in the Hudson and Mohawk It’s an invisible poison, flowing every day into two of New York’s most important waterways. From 2019 to 2023, landfill leachate, a chemical soup created when rainwater filters through decomposing waste, has been discharged in staggering volumes: nearly 89 million gallons a year into the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers. The contaminants include PFAS (“forever chemicals”), heavy metals, and ammonia, all of which have...