[CPEO-MEF] " 99.7% of residents tested near Cannon [Air Force Base, New Mexico] have PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

99.7% of residents tested near Cannon AFB have PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood
Some residents found to have 10X average PFAS levels

by Noah Gollin
New Mexico Political Report
August 14, 2025

626 of 628 — 99.7% — of people tested in a state-led study of residents and workers around Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis have measurable levels of PFAS in their blood, with results for those nearest the base up to 10 times the national average, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by the state.

Per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS) are a category of man-made chemicals used in a variety of consumer goods and industrial processes, including firefighting foam at Cannon AFB. Known as “forever chemicals” because they do not break down and they propensity to accumulate in the body over time. PFAS accumulation has been linked to several negative health outcomes including cancer, immune system suppression, and elevated cholesterol. 

A summary of the findings released by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and Department of Health (DOH) this week reports says “the data strongly suggests a correlation between Cannon Air Force Base’s PFAS contamination and PFAS blood levels detected in the participants of the study. Residents living in the plume area showed dramatically higher concentrations, with 26% carrying the highest concentration tier used in national guidelines — over 10 times the rate of the broader testing group.”

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For the entire article, see
https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/08/14/99-7-of-residents-tested-near-cannon-afb-have-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-their-blood/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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