“We lost my grandpa in 2008 and my dad in 2021. Both, to leukemia, a cancer highly linked to VOC contamination. While they were both killed by the same cancer, and both drank polluted water for decades, they themselves were not related by blood, making their cancer diagnoses even more suspect.”
— EANY’s Claire Walsh Winsler
Ithaca-area officials gathered Sept. 4 at the Bernie Milton Pavilion in downtown Ithaca to voice strong opposition to proposed federal budget cuts that would slash nearly a quarter of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) funding.…
More from WBNG (video): https://www.wbng.com/2025/09/04/elected-officials-environment-advocates-speak-out-against-proposed-federal-epa-cuts/



