By The Associated Press
ALBANY,
N.Y. (AP) -- State health officials are advising people not to eat fish
caught in several waterways in Rensselaer County and around Newburgh
after elevated levels of industrial chemicals were found in the fish.
The departments of health and environmental conservation have been
studying whether perfluorinated compounds were in fish in the Hoosick
Falls, Petersburgh and Newburgh areas. The communities were found to
have the compounds in their drinking water.
The state advised against eating fish from Thayers Pond in Hoosick Falls.
Advisories were also posted in the Newburgh area for Beaverdam Lake,
Lockwood Basin, Masterson Park Pond, Moodna Creek, Recreation Pond,
Silver Stream, Washington Lake and the stream from Stewart State Forest
to Beaver Dam Lake.
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Source: http://www.newyorkupstate.com (via The Empire Report)
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