In the Capital Region, concerns about PFOA found in water supplies in Rensselaer County erupted in 2014 when Michael Hickey, a former village trustee
whose father died of cancer, sent samples from the Hoosick Falls water system to a Canadian lab that reported
levels of PFOA that the EPA had advised were not safe for human
consumption.
Third, regular
consumption of fish would help offset the potentially excessive intake of omega - 6 PUFAs,
whose high
levels compete with omega - 3 PUFAs for the same metabolic pathways and have been shown to be pro-atherogenic in large amounts.