The Multi-site PFAS Health Study is hosting a rain or shine event on Saturday May 21 from 1-4 p.m.at the Newburgh Free Library (124 Grand St.).  

Residents are invited to this family-friendly event to learn more about New York’s Multi-site PFAS Health Study, meet study staff, and even sign up to participate, if eligible.  We will be joined by Newburgh Clean Water Project, River Keeper, Orange County Department of Health, City of Newburgh Water Department, NAACP Environmental Working Group, Eddy at New Paltz, Environmental Advocates NY, Sustainable Hudson Valley and Newburgh Urban Farm and Food.

 The event will include the opportunity to meet lead investigators from the University at Albany School of Public Health and New York State Department of Health, and clinic staff. Activities for children and other health and wellness information will also be available from our community partners. This is an opportunity to enroll in this study and help make sure that Newburgh is represented in this important, first ever national study of the relationship between PFAS exposures in drinking water and health outcomes.

 The City of Newburgh is one of two New York Multi-site PFAS Health Study communities; the Hoosick Falls area is the other NY community, where residents had past exposure to PFAS in drinking water. These two New York communities are being joined by seven others nationwide as part of a national study being funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). This important effort is being conducted locally by researchers at the University at Albany School of Public Health and the New York State Department of Health.

 More information about the Multi-site PFAS Health Study can be found at https://www.albany.edu/sph/pfas and www.health.ny.gov/chemicalsandhealth.