The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission plans to deliberate March 11 on a petition to ban the use of PFAS chemicals in ...
Legislation to eventually ban the sale of consumer goods containing so-called “forever chemicals,” and a second bill New ...
“New Mexico, wake up. We got to do something about PFAS contamination,” said James Kenney, Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department. The New Mexico Environment Department ...
PFAS chemicals, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl ... environment and can remain in a person’s bloodstream for life. In New Mexico, the concern centers on a lake that serves as the wastewater ...
The situation at Holloman, however, is particularly concerning, as the 613-page report issued by the New Mexico Environment Department in early January points to some of the highest concentrations of ...
U.S. Geological Survey scientist Kimberly Beisner retrieves a water quality sensor on the Rio Grande for a PFAS study in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey) Legislation ...
New Mexico legislators have so far proposed 19 bills this session that could directly — and at times dramatically — change ...
"Our ability to look is limited by our own budget." Lawmakers propose sweeping changes to products allowed in homes in ...
Still, Webb said it feels like the more sampling that's done, the more places that PFAS pops up. New Mexico regulators say the work at Holloman Lake indicates the reach that these chemicals have ...
A public health alert issued by the New Mexico Department of Health on Jan. 27 urged anyone who consumed wildlife from Holloman Lake, near Alamogordo, NM, between 2010 and 2024, to consult with their ...
The New Mexico Department of Health issued an advisory ... from the “forever chemicals” in the world. “The levels of PFAS contamination in Holloman Lake are deeply concerning, particularly ...