MidHudsonNews [dot] com is reporting Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was briefed October 7, at the Stewart Air National Guard Base about water contamination from the base. In 2014, PFOS contamination was detected in Lake Washington, the city of Newburgh’s water supply. The source of the contamination was determined to have come from the foam used by base firefighters. A state of emergency was declared by the city manager in 2016, and the city now gets its water through the Catskill Aqueduct. Currently, an eight-week timeline is in place to establish a new filtration system at the base. Following the briefing, Gillibrand said, “...This is a good start, but anytime you are talking about contaminants in water, it requires long-term monitoring, requires testing of wells, testing of different water systems. So this will be a collaboration between the military and the federal government, state DEC and local communities.” PFOS is highly toxic and can cause kidney and testicular cancer, effect the liver, thyroid, immune systems and fetus development. Read the full story at MidHudsonNews [dot] com.