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Post by Logan on Feb 13, 2016 4:15:04 GMT -6
HOOSICK FALLS — The state will spend $10 million from its Superfund to buy filtration systems for town of Hoosick homes dealing with contaminated water and to make efforts toward an alternative source, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday night. Cuomo's announcement comes the same day that admittedly scared and emotional Hoosick Falls High School students called on the governor to lobby on their behalf to provide them with clean drinking water. "No one should have to question the safety of their water," Cuomo said in a statement. The chemical perfluorooctanoic acid was discovered in the village supply two years ago and since then in private wells in and around the village. Read more: www.timesunion.com/local/article/Hoosick-Falls-students-worried-by-PFOA-6827170.php
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