Mixed Feelings In Hoosick Falls On Pfoa Info Event

Tempers flared once again in Hoosick Falls when many residents felt frustrated with their attempt to get more information on the health effects of their exposure to contaminated water. With tears in her eyes, Michele Baker said it's "another failure by the state" to provide answers about the suspected cancer-causing perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA that has leached into the village water and the town's private wells from Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics. [...] when residents showed up at the Hoosick Armory Youth Center and Community Coalition (HAYC3), they were told by state Department of Health (DOH) employees to take a number and wait in line if they wanted to speak to the one doctor on duty, Mount Sinai's Dr.

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