Today the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made an announcement regarding the toxic chemicals PFOA and PFOS. Maureen Cunningham, Senior Director for Clean Water for Environmental Advocates of New York (EANY), issued the following statement on the EPA decision.
“Today, EPA could have protected people’s health by announcing a plan to
strongly and swiftly regulate PFOA and PFOS. Instead, they chose a path
that will lead to years of bureaucratic red tape, leaving our most
vulnerable populations exposed to these dangerous chemicals. Sadly, New
York has a tragic history with these chemicals contaminating drinking
water supplies in places like Hoosick Falls, Suffolk County, and
Newburgh. EPA has dropped the ball -- New York must now pick it up and
run with it. Governor Cuomo and the New York State Department of Health
should take notice and immediately regulate these chemicals in drinking
water.”
Source: Environmental Advocates of New York
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