Talks between New Mexico, Air Force officials progressing on PFAS cleanup

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: June 29, 2026

Words: 502

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Discussions are progressing on how New Mexico environment officials and U.S. Air Force leaders can clean up toxic “forever chemicals” that have seeped into the groundwater on and around Cannon Air Force Base in eastern New Mexico, a state Environment Department official told state lawmakers Friday.

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Mitigating the contamination has been a drawn-out, litigious process. State officials first found the contamination near Clovis in 2015. Since …

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