ALBANY – The state health
department has secured the support of five states in its formal request
to the Centers for Disease control to launch a national health effects
study of communities impacted by PFOA and PFOS in Newburgh as well as
in Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh.
Alaska, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Vermont have joined
the call for the CDC’s registry to move quickly to build on the
extensive response and data collection each state has initiated by launching
a longitudinal study of health outcomes in communities affected by PFAS
from legacy industrial sources and from firefighting foams used by the
military and others.
“To date, New York has conducted PFAS blood testing for more than
6,000 individuals, tested more than 1,600 private well samples, and collected
more than 1,7000 community health surveys from individuals,” said
New York Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker. “This multi-state
request to the federal government, along with the expansion of our data
survey through the online tool, is the next step in our aggressive response
to industrial water contamination and its impact on communities across
the state.”
