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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced Thursday new actions and resources to protect and educate New Yorkers on the threat of human-made substance contamination.
The DEC shared a 10-year progress report on efforts addressing PFAS and a study on the presence of PFAS in the landscape. Along with the report, it finalized wastewater treatment plant guidelines to protect drinking and other surface waters.
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