In Hoosick Falls, Gillibrand outlines bill for medical monitoring system FacebookTwitterEmail 23 1of23Buy PhotoSen. Kirsten Gillibrand, center, listens to Loreen Hackett of PFOA Project NY, right, during a roundtable discussion with advocates and community leaders where Sen. Gillibrand announced legislation to create a federal cause of action that would help courts award medical monitoring for victims of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure and bolster PFAS research on Monday, April 5, 2021, at the Hoosick Falls Armory in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of23Buy PhotoView of the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant on Monday, April 5, 2021, near the Hoosic River in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. PFOAs, or perfluorooctanoic acid, leaked into the Hoosick Falls municipal water system and nearby private wells from St. Gobain and Honeywell plants that made anti-stick chemicals. PFOAs are a key ingredient in these substances which are used in products like Teflon. The production plant has since phased out the use of PFOA. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less