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StoriesTimelineMapPFAS FAQ Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ The Santa Fe Reporter published this story on its cover on August 4, 2021. Cover Image Credit: Anson Stevens-Bollen, Santa Fe Reporter Toxic Threat The military polluted New Mexico waters and soils with PFAS and is fighting against cleanup of the “forever problem” Laura Paskus August 4,…

StoriesTimelineMapPFAS FAQ Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ LANL continues search for ‘forever chemicals’ Laura Paskus April 26, 2021 Toxic “forever chemicals” are present at northern New Mexico’s nuclear weapons laboratory—but more studies and sampling are necessary to understand the extent of their reach. And an error in the database Los Alamos National Laboratory uses to let the public know…

StoriesTimelineMapPFAS FAQ Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ Clovis dairy contaminated with PFAS Laura Paskus March 12, 2021 In 2018, the U.S. Air Force revealed that its specialized firefighting foams had poisoned groundwater near Cannon and Holloman Air Force bases with chemicals known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. That included the water Art…

StoriesTimelineMapPFAS FAQ Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ ‘Forever chemicals’ found at Los Alamos Laura Paskus April 26, 2021 Please read our latest story for the most accurate information. After NMPBS published this report in February 2021—based on data from Intellus New Mexico, which provides environmental monitoring data from Los Alamos National Laboratory—lab officials admitted…

StoriesTimelineMapPFAS FAQ Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ New PFAS study reveals ‘forever’ pollutants persisting in NM’s waters Laura Paskus January 19, 2021 Winding its way through forests of conifer and aspen, cottonwoods and sycamores, the Gila River descends out of the nation’s first wilderness area, designated in 1924. For almost a century, a U.S. Geological Survey stream gage just below that boundary…

StoriesTimelineMapPFAS FAQ Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ Questions remain about PFAS pollution from Holloman Laura Paskus December 1, 2020 This fall, we asked to meet with experts at Holloman Air Force Base about water contamination from PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.   In seeking to talk with base officials, we were particularly interested in…

StoriesTimelineMapPFAS FAQ Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ U.S. Military Leaves New Mexico in the Dark on PFAS—Again Laura Paskus November 10, 2020 FORT WINGATE—Between the red rock cliffs of the Navajo Nation and the Zuni Mountains to the south, the remains of Fort Wingate lope up rolling hills along Interstate 40 in western New…

StoriesTimelineMapPFAS FAQ Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ New Mexicans await military response two years after Cannon revealed PFAS contamination Laura Paskus September 22, 2020 “I’m still dumping milk, my cows are still dying, and the Air Force hasn’t done nothing.”  It’s been more than two years since the U.S. Air Force notified state officials that…

StoriesTimelineMapPFAS FAQ Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ NM funds PFAS studies while cleanup languishes and regulations remain years out Laura Paskus July 14, 2020 While New Mexico’s lawmakers stare down a $2 billion budget shortfall and a recession, state taxpayers are shelling out $1.1 million to study groundwater contamination from Cannon Air Force Base.…

StoriesTimelineMapPFAS FAQ Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ Groundwater War – New Mexico’s Toxic Threat Laura Paskus March 27, 2020 Senior Producer Matt Grubs also follows up with Our Land correspondent Laura Paskus, who broke the news this week that the Pentagon has identified four more possible contamination sites as she continues to investigate toxic…