{"id":5800,"date":"2017-01-05T00:42:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T05:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/practiceareas\/pfos-water-contamination-newburgh-ny\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T16:54:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:54:26","slug":"pfos-wasserverschmutzung-newburgh-ny","status":"publish","type":"practiceareas","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/de\/praxisbereiche-2\/pfos-wasserverschmutzung-newburgh-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"PFOS Water Contamination – Newburgh, NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Im Jahr 2014 war PFOS oder Perfluoroctansulfonat im Lake Washington entdeckt<\/a>, the 175-acre lake that supplied drinking water to the New York city of Newburgh. At the time, the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) limit on PFOS was 400 ppt (parts per trillion); PFOS was found in Lake Washington at a level of 170 ppt – well below the federal limit.<\/p>\n

But in 2015, the EPA issued a new level of PFOS for short-term exposure: 70 ppt. In Newburgh, a state of emergency was declared, and officials immediately found a new source of water for its citizens.<\/p>\n

But the damage has already been done; years\u2019 worth of exposure could have serious health consequences for those who have consumed Newburgh\u2019s water. If you live in Newburgh and have tested positive for high levels of PFOS, contact our umweltrechtliche Streitigkeiten<\/a> attorneys today.<\/p>\n

Die Quelle der Kontamination<\/h3>\n

Officials believe that the source of the contamination of Lake Washington is a nearby military base, which for years used firefighting foam in which PFOS is found. Its chemical cousin, PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) is used in stain-repellant coating and nonstick pans; testing of PFOA and PFOS exposure has been conducted in other communities, such as that of one located close to an airbase near Portsmouth, where the chemicals have been detected. While blood testing is still ongoing in Newburgh – and could take months to complete due to language barriers and lack of information –\u00a0 other citizens in communities that have been exposed to the chemicals have blood test results with PFOA levels at nearly 500 times the national average.<\/p>\n

Die Risiken von PFOS<\/h3>\n

Perfluoroctansulfonat wird mit verheerenden gesundheitlichen Folgen in Verbindung gebracht, darunter Schilddr\u00fcsenproblemen und Krebs. Laut einem EPA-Gesundheitshinweis f\u00fcr PFOS und PFOA,<\/a> Laborstudien an Ratten und M\u00e4usen deuten darauf hin, dass die Exposition gegen\u00fcber den beiden Chemikalien zu Folgendem f\u00fchren kann:<\/p>\n