[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Possible carcinogens found in Cannon AFB [NM] groundwater"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Possible carcinogens found in Cannon AFB groundwater

By Maddy Hayden 
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
October 20, 2018 

A relatively new contaminant that might be linked to cancer has been detected in groundwater on and around Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis, state environment department officials said Tuesday.

Concentrations of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (known as PFAS) above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s advised limits – in some places up to 371 times above it – have been found in wells located on and off the base, according to a news release from the New Mexico Environment Department and New Mexico Department of Agriculture.

Cannon spokesman JP Rebello said in an email the Air Force Civil Engineer Center informed the base of the contamination in late August.

Two types of PFAS – known as PFOS and PFOA – were present in firefighting foams used at Cannon to extinguish petroleum-based fires, Rebello said.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.abqjournal.com/1234080/possible-cancer-linked-chemicals-detected-in-cannon-afb-groundwater.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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