Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Filtering Water Fears in Hoosick Falls Demands an Independent Probe

 
An Editorial

The 3,500 residents of upstate Hoosick Falls face the risk of illness because their water supply has been poisoned with a toxin used in manufacturing Teflon.

Known as PFOA, the chemical is believed to have seeped over a period of years into the groundwater from a manufacturing plant. Blood test results are informing a growing number of Hoosick Fallers that their bodies contain elevated levels of the substance.

With the New York Health Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wrangling over who should have done what when, the state Assembly this spring shirked the responsibility of conducting oversight hearings. U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand then stepped into the breach by calling for a federal review.

New Yorkers, most urgently those living in the Rensselaer County village 33 miles northeast of Albany, must have a full, independent investigation, with the emphasis on independent given the potential for embarrassment to the Cuomo administration.

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Source: New York Daily News and the Empire Report

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