{"id":5725,"date":"2016-03-07T14:46:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T19:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/practiceareas\/hoosick-falls-water-contamination\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T16:54:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:54:15","slug":"hoosick-falls-agua-contaminacion","status":"publish","type":"practiceareas","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/areas-de-practica-2\/hoosick-falls-agua-contaminacion\/","title":{"rendered":"PFOA Water Contamination &#8211; Hoosick Falls, NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>EN LAS NOTICIAS:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/es\/article\/epa-declara-hoosick-falls-superfund-sitio-federal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental de EE. UU. (EPA) declara a Hoosick Falls un sitio federal Superfund<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/local\/article\/Congress-to-probe-Hoosick-Falls-water-crisis-8345384.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">El Congreso investigar\u00e1 la crisis del agua de Hoosick Falls. Comit\u00e9 de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes pide a Cuomo y a la EPA documentos sobre contaminaci\u00f3n del agua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-17-16-NYSTLA-Hoosick-Falls.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legislaci\u00f3n aprobada en respuesta a las crisis de contaminaci\u00f3n de aguas subterr\u00e1neas en Hoosick Falls<\/a>.<br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Water-District-PFC-Contamination-Digital.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Medium-300x250PFC-MK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inmediatamente despu\u00e9s del desastre de contaminaci\u00f3n del agua que est\u00e1 ocurriendo en Flint, Michigan, se ha determinado que los miembros de la comunidad en Hoosick Falls, Nueva York, han estado expuestos al \u00e1cido perfluorooctanoico (PFOA) en su suministro de agua. PFOA ha contaminado el agua subterr\u00e1nea en el \u00e1rea. El <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/aboutepa\/hoosick-falls-water-contamination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental<\/a> (EPA) notes that the substance is a toxic and persistent man-made chemical used in a number of industrial and coating applications.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of the Hoosick Falls community have been advised that the water is not safe for consumption, and have been advised to not drink from public water supply sources, and to not use the water in cooking either. The EPA lacks thorough research on whether inhalation or skin exposure to PFOA contaminated water is harmful to humans, but notes that PFOA exposure through these mechanisms (i.e., through inhalation or absorption through the skin) is unlikely to be hazardous.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfCu\u00e1nto tiempo ha estado el PFOA en el agua?<\/h3>\n<p>No est\u00e1 claro cu\u00e1nto tiempo ha estado el PFOA en el suministro de agua, ya que la sustancia qu\u00edmica ha sido utilizada por varias instalaciones industriales en Hoosick Falls durante d\u00e9cadas. Es m\u00e1s claro cu\u00e1nto tiempo han sabido los funcionarios acerca de los altos niveles de PFOA en el agua, pero existe cierta controversia sobre cu\u00e1ndo exactamente se les inform\u00f3 a los funcionarios que hab\u00eda un problema de contaminaci\u00f3n del agua. Supuestamente, los funcionarios ten\u00edan conocimiento de un problema con PFOA en el agua a partir de marzo de 2015, pero poco se pod\u00eda hacer con respecto a la alta concentraci\u00f3n de la sustancia qu\u00edmica, ya que el PFOA no es un contaminante del agua regulado. Sin embargo, hay informes de que los funcionarios pueden haber sabido sobre el problema ya en julio de 2014, cuando un residente se present\u00f3 y expres\u00f3 su preocupaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfQui\u00e9n tiene la culpa de la contaminaci\u00f3n del agua con PFOA en Hoosick Falls?<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AWWA-Member-240x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/>En este momento, se cree que dos empresas pueden ser las culpables de la situaci\u00f3n de contaminaci\u00f3n del agua en Hoosick Falls, Nueva York. Seg\u00fan un <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.timesunion.com\/capitol\/archives\/246104\/dec-saint-gobain-honeywell-responsible-parties-in-hoosick-falls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art\u00edculo<\/a> publicado por el<em> Uni\u00f3n de tiempos de Albany<\/em>, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has identified Honeywell International and Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics as the two companies that are responsible for the contamination. If the DEC gets what it is pushing for, Honeywell and Saint-Gobain could be on the hook for the cost of the clean up as well as picking up the tab for all of the costs associated with the investigation of the ground water contamination and remediation of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Saint-Gobain conducted groundwater testing at its facility site last summer, which produced readings of 18,000 parts per trillion of PFOA. The EPA guidance for PFOA is 400 parts per trillion. Saint-Gobain has already begun to take steps to provide safe drinking water to the residents of Hoosick Falls, and has offered to pay for filtration systems for residents that are designed to remove PFOA from the water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a1LLAME HOY A NAPOLI SHKOLNIK PLLC!<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IN THE NEWS: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Declares Hoosick Falls A Federal Superfund Site Congress to probe Hoosick Falls water crisis. 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