PFOA

PFAS chemicals, including Perfluorooctanoic Acid or PFOA, Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA), Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) were discovered in the town’s water system in 2016, shortly after the discovery of similar chemicals in Hoosick Falls.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it is moving forward with a plan to scrap limits on several PFAS chemicals in drinking water.

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

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has agreed to provide drinking water to about 1,000 properties in New Hampshire that showed elevated levels of toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions.

The Albany County Legislature has unanimously passed a resolution targeting PFAS chemicals.

In January, the chemical PFOA was found in a water sample from Algonquin Middle School in Rensselaer County, along with two samples from neighboring homes. Officials promise a fix by the end of the year.

Residents of the Rensselaer County town of Poestenkill gathered at Monday night to discuss the recent discovery of PFOA in drinking water.

A community meeting on the latest discovery of PFOA in drinking water is set for tonight in Rensselaer County.

A federally-funded study is examining the human health effects of PFAS exposure. The University at Albany and New York State Department of Health are…

More than 80 organizations are urging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to protect Rockland County drinking water from PFAS contamination. It comes some…