Hoosick Falls Water contamination

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After PFAS contamination was first detected more than a decade ago, the Village of Hoosick Falls is now celebrating a new water supply.

A major milestone was celebrated Tuesday in the village of Hoosick Falls, which has grappled with PFOA pollution for nearly a decade.

A beloved community member and key voice in exposing the harmful contamination of water supplies in Hoosick Falls, New York has died.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has reached a $45 million agreement with Saint-Gobain and Honeywell to implement a new water supply for the Rensselaer County village of Hoosick Falls. The agreement is the latest in a string of orders and lawsuits to hold the companies responsible for contaminating the village’s drinking water with PFOA.

New York State has released a final plan for a permanent drinking water source in Hoosick Falls to address PFOA contamination detected in 2016 in the Rensselaer County village’s water supply.

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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is asking the Village of Hoosick Falls to pump the brakes on a revised settlement agreement with two companies deemed…

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With a new legislative session in New York, environmental groups are calling on state officials to make clean water a priority in 2017.Environmental…