MidHudsonNews [dot] com is reporting US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand December 4, accused the federal government of dragging its heels by not implementing new regulations to end the use of PFAS chemicals in aircraft firefighting foams. Both PFOA and PFOS were used by the Stewart Air National Guard Base and runoff from the base into area streams contaminated the city of Newburgh’s drinking water supply at Washington Lake. Gillibrand is also concerned that the military has failed to begin its remediation of the chemical contamination in the Newburgh watershed. “We just got them $170 million to the work. They need to be cleaning it up and they certainly shouldn’t be using anymore PFAS foam.” Gillibrand also supports the city’s efforts to get relief by taking legal action against the Department of Defense, National Guard, State of New York, Port Authority and others. Read the full story at MidHudsonNews [dot] com.