ALBANY – The state’s
Water Quality Rapid Response Team, led by the departments of Environmental
Conservation and Health has tested 38 regulated drinking water systems
with a half-mile radius of facilities that used PFOA and PFOS.
They are located in Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Sullivan counties in the Hudson Valley region.
One or both of those carcinogenic chemicals were not detected in the majority of samples collected and the positive detections in potable drinking water were “well below” the US EPA’s health advisory level of 70 parts per trillion, the state DEC reported Tuesday.
One well that was not being used as a source of water for drinking or
cooking at the Sullivan County Airport tested above the EPA health advisory
level for PFOA and PFOS. It was being used for maintenance intermittently
at the time of sampling. The use of that well for any purpose has been
discontinued while additional testing is conducted and the potential source
is identified.
