Schumer, Gillibrand, Maloney Call On EPA To Provide Immediate Assistance To Help City Of Newburgh Comprehensively Test Water For PFOA-Related Contamination; Say EPA Experts Should Help Newburgh To Identify Sources- And Develop A Plan To Eradicate Any Threats

Newburgh Officials Have Found Elevated Levels Of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) – A Synthetic Chemical & Pollutant, Related to PFOA – In Silver Stream and Washington Lake; EPA Has Water Contamination Experts and Significant Experience Dealing With Such Issues Schumer, Gillibrand, Maloney Also Call on EPA to Complete its PFOA Review and Publish the New Standards So Communities Like Newburgh Can Make The Best Decisions To Protect Drinking Water Sources and the Public Health; EPA Promised to Pu