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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