[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "New Mexico wildlife and plants around Holloman lake have highest PFAS contamination on record"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

New Mexico wildlife and plants around Holloman lake have highest PFAS contamination on record

BY DANIELLE PROKOP 
Source New Mexico
JANUARY 27, 2025

Plants and wildlife living around Holloman Lake near White Sands National Park contain some of the highest levels of toxic PFAS contamination recorded in the world, according to findings released Monday by New Mexico environmental officials.

The record-breaking levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (shortened to PFAS) were recorded in samples of plants and studies of dead animal carcasses. This class of chemicals, nicknamed “forever chemicals,” bioaccumulate, meaning they can move through the food chain.

The leading cause of the contamination comes from neighboring Holloman U.S. Air Force Base, which used firefighting foam containing PFAS from the 1970s until 2019.
The findings prompted a health advisory from New Mexico Department of Health, requesting that any hunters who ate waterfowl between 2010 and 2024 from Lake Holloman speak to their doctor.

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For the entire article, see
https://sourcenm.com/2025/01/27/new-mexico-wildlife-and-plants-around-holloman-lake-have-highest-pfas-contamination-on-record/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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