Water Session Wednesday – Newburgh & Hoosick Falls PFAS Health Study

When:

June 24, 2020: 6:00PM to 7:00PM

Where:

Online

To Attend:

Register

Join Newburgh Clean Water Project for a conversation about the Newburgh & Hoosick Falls PFAS Health Study with Dr. Erin Bell and Michael Bloom of SUNY Albany School of Public Health. 

Dr. Erin Bell (co-lead) and Assistant Professor Michael Bloom will present their work on the Newburgh & Hoosick Falls PFAS Health Study and host a special Q&A session on PFAS health impacts and what the study means for you, your family and our community. Reverend Lewis of Calvary Presbyterian Church will provide special opening remarks.

Special opening by Reverend Lewis of Calvary Presbyterian Church and closing reflections by Anusha Mehar of PANJA Culture + Wellness Studio.

Special Guests

REVEREND LEWIS
Pastor & Teaching Elder, Calvary Presbyterian Church; Diplomate in the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP); Cofounder of the Forgiveness and Reconciliation Project; Founder of Mustard Seed Woodworks LLC

DR. ERIN BELL
Professor, SUNY Albany School of Public Health; Expertise: Association of environmental exposures and adverse birth and child health outcomes, including neurodevelopment

MICHAEL BLOOM
Associate Professor, SUNY Albany School of Public Health; Expertise: Effects of toxic environmental agents; epidemiology; human reproduction and fertility

ANUSHA MEHAR
Creatrix of PANJA Culture + Wellness Studio; Seasoned Storyteller, Educator, Cultural Organizer & Performer, serving youth, women, immigrant and other underserved populations; Shifting narrative through multi-media & movement trainings, restorative justice circles, mindfulness workshops, and public art interventions.

For decades until 2016, (when Newburgh switched to a safe water supply), people in Newburgh drank water contaminated with PFAS chemicals, a class of highly persistent and toxic chemicals. We want to know how this will affect us. Our doctors don’t have many answers, but a study is in progress to help us know more. Meanwhile, in this time of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control has found that exposure to PFOA and PFOS can lead to “decreased antibody response to vaccines.”

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