PFOA | PETER CRABTREE

Loreen Hackett, citizen activist, Hoosick Falls, NY

Geologist Jon Kim at the Route 279 road cut, Bennington, Vt.

Timothy Susee and daughter, Isabella May Simmons, Burdick Trailer Park, Pownal, Vt.

Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., left, and North Bennington village officals.

Former Warren Wire factory, suspected source of contamination, Pownal, Vt.

Albert Ray, retired salesman of PFOA products, Bennington, Vt.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., North Bennington, Vt.

Kristopher Bishop, 10, and Michelle O'Leary, activist, Hoosick Falls, NY

Dr. Howard Freed, activist, Cambridge, NY

Blackboard, Bennington College, Bennington, Vt.

Wayne Kachmar and Brea, Bennington, Vt. Kachmar's well has tested as high as 760 parts per trillion for PFOA. Vermont's health advisory level is 20 ppt.

Aerial mapping marker, North Bennington, Vt.

Saint Gobain's McCaffrey Street factory, which is suspected of contaminating the village of Hoosick Falls' water supply, is located in a residential neighborhood.

For Sale, Main Street, Hoosick Falls, N.Y.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand meets with the press, Hoosick Falls Central School

Tent revival meeting, Hoosick Falls, N.Y.

Ruth Pratt and Benjamin Hewitt, blood testing clinic, Petersburg, NY

Craig Levesque, blood testing clinic, Petersburg, NY

Water wagon, Alta Gardens Trailer Park, Pownal, Vt.

Testing fish for PFOA contamination, Walloomsac River, Bennington, Vt.

Jodene Brundige and son, Church Street, Hoosick Falls, N.Y.

Perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, has contaminated public water supplies and private wells in Bennington County, Vermont, and nearby villages in Rensselaer County, New York. “Studies have shown a correlation — but not a cause-and-effect relationship — between levels of PFOA in the blood and high blood pressure, decreased birth weight, some immune system effects, thyroid disease, kidney cancer and testicular cancer.” More information is available at the Vermont Department of Health website, Hoosick Water Info and the C8 Science Panel website. If you have been affected by PFOA or worked with the material and are willing to be photographed, please contact me.