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Longtime Hempstead resident Mary Purdy credited with pushing local action after PFAS found in village water
Summary
Rep. Gillen recounted how constituent Mary Florence Purdy organized residents after testing found high levels of carcinogenic PFAS in Hempstead's water; federal and state aid partly funded a replacement system but total project costs remain far above initial grants.
Rep. Kathleen Rice Gillen told the subcommittee that Hempstead, New York, residents have confronted legacy contamination and aging infrastructure that required federal support to begin replacing an antiquated water system.
Gillen described Mary Florence Purdy, a lifelong Hempstead resident who gathered signatures and…
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