ROCKLAND COUNTY & beyond.... TOXIC PFAS CHEMICALS IN OUR WATER & CONSUMER PRODUCTS: Monday, May 16, 7:00pm - Learn More & Take Action! Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZ0qc...

More and more communities are discovering toxic PFAS chemicals in their drinking water. These toxic chemicals are also present in thousands of widely used consumer products. Health experts are warning that PFAS are associated with a wide range of dangerous health impacts. Come learn how we are exposed to PFAS chemicals in drinking water and in thousands of consumer products – and what you can do now to protect your community and move our state government to take action!

Sponsors: Clean and Healthy New York; Environmental Advocates NY; Lower Hudson Group of Sierra Club, including Rockland Sierra Club Co-sponsors Food & Water Watch; Natural Resources Defense Council;Rockland Coalition to End the New Jim Crow; West Branch Conservation Association Forum to include: -Dr. Rassil Sayess, Water Resources Institute, Cornell University -Rob Hayes, Director of Clean Water, Environmental Advocates NY -Bobbi Wilding, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Clean & Healthy New York -Loreen Hackett, Founder, PFOA Project NY, Hoosick Falls -Kyle Conway, Vice President, Newburgh/Highland Falls Branch of the NYS NAACP -Moderated by Peggy Kurtz, Rockland Sierra Club

More and more communities are discovering toxic PFAS chemicals in their drinking water. At the same time, it’s becoming clear that these toxic chemicals are present in thousands of widely used consumer products. Health experts are warning that PFAS are associated with a wide range of dangerous health impacts. There is a growing movement across the country to stop the proliferation of these chemicals. New York is considering several major actions, which could lead the nation. Come learn how we are exposed to PFAS chemicals in drinking water and in thousands of consumer products – and what you can do now to protect your community and move our state government to take action!