![]() ![]() They don't count how many homes get water they deliver five to 10 gallons at each stop with a smile and an update on the situation during the 400 to 500 visits made every week. O'Leary leads the volunteers in delivering water on average to about 60 households every day whose residents can't drink the water poisoned with PFOA, which has been identified as causing certain cancers. PFOA has been used to make nonstick coatings and heat-resistant wiring. ![]() Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics and Honeywell have been identified as responsible by the state Department of Environmental Conservation for the PFOA that's polluted the local water supply. Village and town residents rely on the bottled water to replace the well and municipal water supplies contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid, known universally as PFOA. "I'd be lost without it," said Lorelei Fegley, 75, who ushered O'Leary into her River Street home. For the shut-ins, senior citizens and the ill in the village and the surrounding town of Hoosick, their pipeline for safe, drinkable water is the 15 to 20 volunteer Water Angels who deliver the gallon jugs of water to their doors during the current crisis. ![]()
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