The results are out on a year-long community health study. New data shows the possible effects of PFOA contamination in Hoosick Falls, Petersburgh, and Bennington, Vt. The study was carried out by a group of experts in conjunction with Bennington College.

The group went door to door to ask residents if they, or any family members, experienced any one of six different conditions known to be linked to PFOA exposure, which includes kidney cancer, testicular cancer, and reproductive issues. Former Environmental Protection Agency Director Judith Enck says responses were staggeringly higher than what the State Department of health had previously reported a year ago.

"We got roughly 443 responses in these communities so, if anything, I think this is an underestimate," Enck said.

However, the State's Department of Health says it's not surprised to see a change in data, because the method of gathering the numbers were vastly different from the DOH's study. Public Deputy commissioner Brad Hutton says the research is complementary, not contradictory.

"This is another study in an important body of research to understand how communities like Hoosick Falls are impacted by this contamination," Hutton said.

These experts are calling for medical monitoring to be paid for by Saint-Gobain and Honeywell, who have acknowledged their past use of PFOA in the vicinity of the Hoosick Falls water supply.

"They assumed when they were drinking from a public water supply, it was safe. We have a very profitable company, Saint Gobain, who can afford to pay for this," Enck said.