Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals widely used in consumer and industrial products for their durability and resistance to heat, water and stains. However, their ...

CITY OF NEWBURGH – The state Department of Health is preparing to mail results to hundreds of people whose blood tests have been completed under a mass testing program that is underway in response to ...

The New York state Department of Health held two pubic information sessions Thursday in Newburgh on the second set of PFOS blood test results. The blood testing regimen was put in place after the ...

The second set of PFOS blood test results is being mailed to Newburgh area residents. During a public meeting on PFOS water contamination Monday night, New York State Department of Health officials ...

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. – Perfluorooctane sulfonate or PFOS, known as “forever chemicals,” have persisted in one of the town wells after undergoing a more stringent testing regimen since the contaminant ...

CITY OF NEWBURGH — Newburgh residents who volunteer to have their blood tested for the contaminant that forced the shutdown of the city’s primary water supply can expect results early next year, the ...

WASHINGTON (NEWS10) – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to partner with the New York State Department of Health to offer blood ...

New Jersey is on the verge of adopting a strict set of new rules to deal with a family of cancer-linked chemicals that are increasingly being found in drinking water systems across the Garden State.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)- Drinking water across New York will soon have to be tested for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and, 1,4-dioxane. The new regulations mandate all ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Department of Water Supply (DWS), County of Hawaii, has detected low levels of Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) for the first time in Kula‘imano Well A (makai) during ...