[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Newburgh [NY] city residents still concerned about water quality"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Newburgh city residents still concerned about water quality

Mid-Hudson News (NY)
December 6, 2016


NEWBURGH – Following the latest of the City of Newburgh’s  PFOS public meetings Monday evening, residents are still uneasy about the quality of the city’s drinking water and the state blood testing initiative.

The water being supplied to Newburgh through the Catskill Aqueduct has been tested as “non-detect” for PFOS and PFOA; that water has been supplied to Newburgh residents since May 2 and Newburgh City Manager Michael Ciaravino maintains it is the cleanest water Newburgh has had.

Mayor Judy Kennedy said the fact that there is still fear about   the quality of the water currently being supplied to the city despite the fact that there have been multiple forums and reports corroborating that the drinking water is safe for consumption, warrants more community intervention on the city’s part.

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For the entire article, see
http://midhudsonnews.com/News/2016/December/06/Nbrg_water-06Dec16.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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