{"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-contamination-de-leau-newburgh-ny","status":"publish","type":"practiceareas","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/domaines-de-pratique-2\/pfos-contamination-de-leau-newburgh-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"PFOS Water Contamination – Newburgh, NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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En 2014, le SPFO, ou sulfonate de perfluorooctane, a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9tect\u00e9 dans le lac Washington<\/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 contentieux environnemental<\/a> attorneys today.<\/p>\n

La source de contamination<\/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

Les risques du SPFO<\/h3>\n

Le sulfonate de perfluorooctane a \u00e9t\u00e9 associ\u00e9 \u00e0 des cons\u00e9quences d\u00e9vastatrices sur la sant\u00e9, notamment des probl\u00e8mes de thyro\u00efde et le cancer. Selon un Avis de sant\u00e9 de l'EPA pour le PFOS et le PFOA,<\/a> des \u00e9tudes en laboratoire sur des rats et des souris indiquent que l'exposition aux deux produits chimiques peut entra\u00eener :<\/p>\n