NEWBURGH—Federal, state, and local officials spoke for more than an hour in Newburgh on Sept. 19 before Newburgh residents demanded a promised Q&A session get underway. Residents attended the public meeting at Mount Saint Mary College to hear updates on the chemical contamination in the city’s reservoir, Washington Lake, followed by a period for questions from the public.
The panel of experts discussed the status of the city’s public drinking water supply and associated health risks from contamination by Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS), a chemical with links to cancer.
A panel of experts gives the status of PFOS contamination in the City of Newburgh's water supply in Newburgh on Sept. 19, 2016. Yvonne Marcotte/Epoch Times
