Chemicals found in firefighting foams are causing water contamination in communities around the country. For residents in Hyannis, Hyannisport and West Hyannisport, alarmingly elevated levels of PFOS and PFOA were…
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Toxic chemical perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) has been detected in Newburgh’s private and public water supply wells since 2014. The hazardous chemical was found in the city’s drinking water supply, Lake…
WCBST TV News‘ Jennifer McLogan sat down with environmental attorney and Napoli Shkolnik Partner Marie Napoli to discuss the PFOS water contamination in Westhampton. “The county has known about this…
Partner Marie Napoli confirmed to Newsday that Napoli Shkolnik has filed a notice of claim against Suffolk County and the state Department of Environmental Conservation on behalf of approximately 200…
In a significant departure from statements made by (NH) state health officials, Health Risk Assessment Supervisor for the New Hampshire State Department of Environmental Services (DES) Dennis Pinksi has issued…
Marie Napoli recently appeared on News12 Long Island in order to discuss the health risks associated with contaminated well water in Westhampton, New York. Like most people living in Westhampton,…
There have been rumblings about the drinking well water being contaminated in the Westhampton, NY area for years. It is why the majority of locals had their water periodically tested…
The New York State Department of Health has recently come under pressure to provide biomonitoring for Westhampton residents whose private wells were contaminated by PFOS associated with firefighting activity at…
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) as well as two other variants of the chemicals have been added to New York state’s list of hazardous substances. The announcement that…
150,000 gallons of wastewater containing perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) was released from Peterson Air Force Base into the Colorado Springs’ wastewater treatment center. The city’s wastewater system is not set up to…









