[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Talks between New Mexico and Air Force

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Talks between New Mexico, Air Force officials progressing on PFAS cleanup Initiatives underway to provide filtration systems, remediate water at dairies and build new water lines

By JOSHUA BOWLING
Source NM
JUNE 29, 2026

Discussions are progressing on how New Mexico environment officials and U.S. Air Force leaders can clean up toxic “forever chemicals” that have seeped into the groundwater on and around Cannon Air Force Base in eastern New Mexico, a state Environment Department official told state lawmakers Friday.

Mitigating the contamination has been a drawn-out, litigious process. State officials first found the contamination near Clovis in 2015. Since then, the toxins — firefighting foams containing per- and polyflouroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS — have spread into a miles-long groundwater plume.

The contaminants have been found in nearby residents’ blood samples. It has even tainted cows at nearby dairies, including one whose owner euthanized nearly 4,000 of the contaminated animals, in a corner of the state that heavily relies on the industry.


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For the entire article, see
https://sourcenm.com/2026/06/29/talks-between-new-mexico-air-force-officials-progressing-on-pfas-cleanup/

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Lenny Siegel
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