4:36 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation held a four-hour meeting online Wednesday evening to speak with Cohoes residents about the Norlite incinerator, the subject of ongoing environmental concerns. Norlite has been the focus of public scrutiny over the past year after it emerged the plant was burning PFAS-laden firefighting foam for the U.S. Defense Department. In November, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to ban such burning at the plant, which is located near the Saratoga Sites public housing project.
Click on image to enlarge. Concerns mounted at the end of January, when activists said recent test results show tiny particles described as "silica dust laden with tiny glass shards" blow off Norlite's aggregate piles, constantly accumulating on every surface at the housing complex across the street from the facility, and likely pose a significant health risk to residents.