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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released new health advisories for PFOA and PFOS, the manufacturing chemicals at the center of water contamination crises in several communities in the region including Hoosick Falls, Petersburgh, and North Bennington.
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HOOSICK FALLS >> The Democrat running against incumbent state Sen. Kathy Marchione found a unique and high - profile way Tuesday to criticize the Halfmoon Republican over her handling of the water contamination crisis that has plagued the village and the town of Hooisick for nearly a year.
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The hearings are drawing interest in the Capital Region amid a water contamination crisis in the village of Hoosick Falls, where the municipal drinking water was found to be contaminated with PFOA, a chemical used in manufacturing plants nearby.
«Yet, today we're no closer to learning the truth of corporate involvement in the largest water contamination crisis in state history.»
«Over 100 days ago by the terms of subpoenas issued by the New York State Senate, Saint - Gobain, Taconic Plastics and Honeywell were to have handed over documents related to the water contamination crises they helped create,» Hoylman said.
Well, Zucker is currently being trotted out as the credible voice of public health in response to the water contamination crisis in Hoosick Falls.
Created in the wake of several high - profile contamination crises, New York's new Drinking Water Council is preparing to hold its first meeting.
Four months following news of PFOA water contamination in Hoosick Falls in upstate New York, a Hudson Valley city faced a water crisis of its own.
Health officials say in some Buffalo neighborhoods, 40 percent of kids have been exposed to lead, a rate eight times higher than in Flint, Michigan, a city that faced a water contamination crisis that drew national attention.
City officials are glad to know that 120 leaks in its water system have been identified and can be repaired, reducing the amount of water being lost as Newburgh continues to face its contamination crisis.
After previously saying they weren't necessary, he announced a series of public oversight hearings in September that will examine water contamination in communities like Hoosick Falls, where the Cuomo administration's response to the crisis has been widely criticized.
Health officials in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration faced sharp questioning Tuesday at the first legislative hearing examining the water contamination crisis in the upstate village of Hoosick Falls.
The Rensselaer County Village of Hoosick Falls is looking toward the future after being dogged by more than a year of negative headlines surrounding a water contamination crisis and most recent devastating flooding.
The Cuomo administration has defended its response to the water contamination crisis in the village, the result of PFOA from a plant owned by Saint Gobain seeping into the village's water supply.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will take part in a roundtable discussion of the ongoing water contamination crisis with residents of Hoosick and Petersburgh at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Hoosick Falls High School auditorium, 21187 Route 22.
«The agencies in charge of creating a response to water contamination crises and actively putting forth measures to prevent these problems are continually blowing past their own deadlines.»
Any sign of drinking water contamination signals a public health crisis and is a call for a ban.»
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has long blamed federal guidelines for hampering its response to an upstate village's water - contamination crisis and accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of sowing confusion.
Turning to the ongoing controversy over the state's response to water quality issues in Hoosick Falls and elsewhere, Cox called Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the PFOA contamination crisis «despicable.»
ALBANY — Hoosick Falls residents who have advocated for the village in the wake of its PFOA water contamination crisis traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to protest the appointment of a former chemical company consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
He also wants to increase the state's Superfund program to expedite the cleanup of hazardous waste that may impact drinking water sources — an issue in the contamination crisis in Rensselaer County and elsewhere.
Enck's comments, delivered during an interview on WCNY's «The Capitol Pressroom,» preceded her continued defense of her agency's response to the water contamination crisis in northeastern Rensselaer County as state officials cast blame on the EPA for confusion among residents.
The ongoing lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan has shown not all water systems are safe from contamination — and, in fact, a recent analysis from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) found around 77 million Americans are served by water systems with violations of the Safe Drinking Waterwater systems are safe from contamination — and, in fact, a recent analysis from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) found around 77 million Americans are served by water systems with violations of the Safe Drinking Waterwater systems with violations of the Safe Drinking WaterWater Act.