[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: New Mexico National Guard facility, Santa Fe, NM

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

County vows to help address PFAS contamination of private wells

By Maya Hilty 
Santa Fe New Mexican
November 15, 2023
 
	
Jose Villegas, a resident of the La Cieneguilla Land Grant, attended a Santa Fe County government meeting Tuesday — his first time since 1992.

That’s because he is “livid” that a nearby New Mexico National Guard facility might have polluted communities south of Santa Fe with chemical compounds linked to cancer and did not notify them about the possible water contamination, he said.

“How much PFAS chemical have I, my wife, my children and my grandchildren already digested since … February?” he asked during Tuesday’s County Commission meeting, referring to the date the National Guard published a report saying its facility had contaminated groundwater with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl, substances known as “forever chemicals.”


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For the entire article, see
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/county-vows-to-help-address-pfas-contamination-of-private-wells/article_c7abc976-8310-11ee-a167-4bda59b77c5a.html


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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