The Newburgh Clean Water Project was founded to address the city’s exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—industrial chemicals which had accidentally been introduced to Newburgh’s water supply in 1990. PFAS are linked to a number of medical conditions, such as kidney cancer, impaired liver function, and chronic intestinal inflammation, but the project’s residents-turned-activists now […]
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