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Delgado sponsoring legislation to promote clean drinking water

Mar 03, 2020 2:45 pm
MidHudsonNews [dot] com is reporting U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado has joined with other House members and introduced legislation to create an online tool for Americans with a private well to find the resources to test their drinking water and understand what the results mean. The tool would be made available on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s website. The Rhinebeck Democrat said the tool would promote transparency and streamline EPA resources to help people potentially exposed to toxic PFAS substances and other contaminants. PFOA and PFOS are man-made chemicals and both are toxicants and carcinogens in animals. PFOS is present in the town of Cairo drinking water.  Read the full story at MidHudsonNews [dot] com.