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Rob Allen

@RobAllenHF

Advocate for clean water, educating the public on PFCs. Husband, father, music teacher, & Mayor of the Village of Hoosick Falls. Opinions are my own.

 Hoosick Falls, NY
Joined September 2016
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So long, Coach Jones. Your legacy will always light this field.
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Time to slay the MYTH OF JOB-KILLING REGULATION. When regulations are proposed, industry inevitably predicts job losses of mythic proportions. But their predictions are almost always greatly exaggerated. 1/5 tinyurl.com/yc57pyey
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.@SenGillibrand getting choked up talking abt #HoosickFalls #PFOA contamination. 4 victims in audience. @pfoaprojectny1 #DumpDourson
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Thank you to the mayors of #Cohoes #HoosickFalls #Rensselaer & #Troy for participating in our Meet the Mayors event bit.ly/2qcN1RG
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TOMORROW: "Meet The Mayors" Breakfast featuring the mayors of #Cohoes #HoosickFalls #Rensselaer and #Troy Register: bit.ly/Mayors2017
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Judith Enck, Haub Visiting Scholar discussing the importance of citizen science @HaubEnviroLaw
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Hoosick Falls needs $1M. We’ve spent $4.8M (and climbing!) on lawyers to deal with @PreetBharara’s corruption probe politico.com/states/new-york…
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Glad of tonight's decision in Hoosick Falls. Democracy is at its best when citizens are engaged—ready to help in any way I can. teapawt.net/jessemckinley/status/8…
Jesse McKinley (@jessemckinley) profile pictureJesse McKinley@jessemckinley28 Feb 2017
Bowing to civic pressure, #Hoosick Falls board tables $1 mil settlement for water pollution from PFOA.
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On @CapPressRoom: @RepJohnFaso; @GreenbergPR; @enckj & Dave Engel #hoosickfalls and on Health Navigator NY, how to enter a clinical trial. – at New York, USA
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#DuPont and Chemours Settle Teflon Toxin Lawsuit for Up to $921M earthisland.org/journal/inde… via @SharonKellyEsq @earthislandjrnl #C8
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Judith Enck@enckj15 Feb 2017
There should be extensive testing of the hoosick falls landfill , including groundwater. teapawt.net/willard_wamc/status/83…
Lucas Willard (@Willard_WAMC) profile pictureLucas Willard@Willard_WAMC14 Feb 2017
DEC says it will test landfill north of village for VOCs this spring. Landfill not included in consent order with Honeywell.
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At 11:45 AM, @RobAllenHF joins @sarbetter on his running for Hoosick Falls mayor and water cleanup. wcny.org/radio/capitolpressr…. – at New York, USA
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PFOA and PFOS pose immune hazards by suppressing antibody response. The US National Toxicology Program study identif…lnkd.in/d57dB4s
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Unlike 2016 legisl'n that merely "studied" toxic water, @NYGovCuomo aims to fix it w/actual $. #LetsGetToWork #GetTheLeadOut #HoosickFalls teapawt.net/nickreisman/status/821…
Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) profile pictureNick Reisman@NickReisman18 Jan 2017
Cuomo says the state will pay for the $2B water infrastructure plan, but could also be a bond referendum.
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To my question on how $2B in water infrastructure would help people in HF @NYGovCuomo says that situation was "an education for everyone."
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. @NYGovCuomo says this $ is meant to get ahead of things like PFOA contamination in HF--lots of municipalities don't have $ for testing.
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#HoosickFalls eyes farmland for new water supply timesunion.com/local/article… via @timesunion
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This just one of 3,500 PFOA-related personal injury lawsuits pending against DuPont. Total liability could be huge. reut.rs/2iMc6y0
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Breaking: Jury awards $10.5 million in punitive damages to man who developed testicular cancer after drinking PFOA-tained water. #DuPontKnew
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NEW: Vermont judge won't dismiss PFOA suit against Saint-Gobain. Read more here:cbs6albany.com/news/local/ve…
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