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Flint, Michigan, Isn't Alone: Residents In Hoosick Falls Told Water Is Unsafe

Residents have been told by the Environmental Protection Agency that their water is unsafe to drink. People are outraged, are asking tough questions of local officials, and wondering how things got to this point. The story has drawn the attention of a high-profile environmental public advocate and celebrity.

And we're not talking about Flint, Michigan.

Instead, it's the village of Hoosick Falls in New York, close to the border of southern Vermont and the town of Bennington. 

The 3,500 residents of Hoosick Falls are being told that their drinking water contains a chemical known as PFOA, which has been shown to cause cancer in animals

Casey Seiler, Brendan Lyons and Rick Karlin of the Albany Times Union have been following the issue; read their coverage here.  

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
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