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Attending the New York Dark Waters Virtual Conversation
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/documents/Mark%20Favors%20Testimony.pdf
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/documents/Mark%20Favors%20Testimony.pdf
Here is a great timeline showing the military use of PFAS for firefighting: military use of PFAS timeline: https://www.ewg.org/dodpfastimeline/
Follow Loreen on twitter - https://twitter.com/pfoaprojectny1
“What we’re learning is that any amount is too much”.
“What we’re learning is that any amount is too much”.
Check out this detailed map about known sources of PFAS water contamination nation wide - EWG map of contaminated drinking water: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/
also - an amazing NYTimes story covers Loreen’s activism and the Hoosick story https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/parenting/pregnancy/pfas-toxins-chemicals.html?fbclid=IwAR2oSb0cIb1KXEqW-TsJ5Ef2JLPwucEGRC6SM_tB_xVi-N88R7n0avMJNiU
“In response to a private chat question - PFAS are NOT used on wild land fires. They are used primarily for high temperature fires and were recklessly used for fire training at many military bases and airports”
From Newburgh Clean Water Project: Take Action: Call 518-474-8390 to urge Governor Cuomo to sign legislation to protect NYs streams! This bill, A8349, is crucial to protecting New York’s streams in the face of the rollback of clean water protections at the federal level.
For later reading: Earthjustice informational page about PFAS: https://earthjustice.org/features/breaking-down-toxic-pfas
