[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "2018 report shows off-the-charts contamination in Holloman AFB water"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

2018 report shows off-the-charts contamination in Holloman AFB water

By Laura Paskus
NM Political Report
February 2, 2019 

The groundwater below Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo tested positive for hazardous chemicals—and the contamination levels are more than 18,000 times higher than what the federal government says is safe.  

A November 2018 site inspection report provided to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), and obtained by NM Political Report this week, details the contamination. Currently, the state is trying to understand the extent of the problem and what might be done. 

According to the report, in 2016, the U.S. Air Force identified 31 potential release sites at Holloman. Two years later, in 2018, contractors tested five areas to determine if PFAS were present in soil, sediment, ground or surface water. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of human-made chemicals, and include perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS).

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For the entire article, see
http://nmpoliticalreport.com/2019/02/02/2018-report-shows-off-the-charts-contamination-in-holloman-afb-water/

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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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