NEWBURGH – After reports maintained that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and other administration officials conspired to cover up the results of a study on the health effects of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) exposure in Newburgh, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (D, NY-18) has demanded that the EPA and Department of Health and Human Services immediately release the results of the study.
The origin of Newburgh’s water contamination has been traced to
the Air National Guard Base at Stewart Airport.
“I don’t give a damn about the EPA administrator’s public relations concerns here, I’ve got people back home wondering whether or not they need to be worried about the PFOS in their blood,” said Maloney. “It’s not enough to mislead the taxpayers, now they’re willing to withhold critical health information for personal and political reasons – it’s completely unacceptable.”
Maloney’s “Investing in Testing Act” was signed into law as part of a larger bill in December 2017. The provision requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct a five-year, $7 million federal study into the long-term health effects of PFOS/PFOA exposure.
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