Read the full article by Shantal Riley (Science Friday)
“Seventy miles north of New York City, on the banks of the mighty Hudson River, lies Newburgh, New York. Bordered by forested mountains and sweeping views of the Hudson Valley, the city, once a center of manufacturing, is now blighted by industrial waste sites. But one stands out as particularly hazardous for the continual danger it poses to human health.
The Stewart Air National Guard Base, just outside the city limits, was built in the 1930s. Decades later, it became the source of toxic PFAS chemicals that still plague the city’s watershed.
Now, early data from a study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) bolsters research that links PFAS exposure to high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Both conditions pose a major risk of heart disease, and, according to the data, both are prevalent in study participants from Newburgh.” …