State officials call for national PFOA health effects study

A resident of Bennington County gets a blood test for the chemical PFOA. Bennington Banner file photoALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Department of Health said Tuesday it has enlisted the support of five states, including Vermont, in its request to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch a national health effects study of communities impacted by perfluoroalkyl substances like PFOA and PFOS.
The letter, sent last week, calls upon the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substanc