Environmental Advocates of New York: 5 Years After Hoosick Falls Water Crisis, Millions of NYers Still Don't Know What's in Their Drinking Water
December 09, 2020
December 09, 2020
ALBANY, New York, Dec. 9 -- Environmental Advocates of New York issued the following news release on Dec. 8:
Five years have passed since the US EPA informed residents of Hoosick Falls, NY that their water was unsafe to drink because of toxic PFOA contamination. Yet in that time, the NYS Department of Health (DOH) has failed to implement a landmark law that was intended to prevent future situations like Hoosick Falls from happening by expanding drinking water testing for unregulated . . .
Five years have passed since the US EPA informed residents of Hoosick Falls, NY that their water was unsafe to drink because of toxic PFOA contamination. Yet in that time, the NYS Department of Health (DOH) has failed to implement a landmark law that was intended to prevent future situations like Hoosick Falls from happening by expanding drinking water testing for unregulated . . .