{"id":706,"date":"2020-12-15T17:39:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T17:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/?p=706"},"modified":"2020-12-15T19:13:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T19:13:32","slug":"firefighting-foams-to-pigskin-tanning-pfas-persists-in-nm-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/2020\/12\/15\/firefighting-foams-to-pigskin-tanning-pfas-persists-in-nm-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighting foams to pigskin tanning: PFAS persists in NM, nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/white_nmpbs_logo_NO_TM-1-1024x576-copy-1.png\" alt=\"NMPBS Logo\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"59\" width=\"231\" title=\"NMPBS Logo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/topic\/local-journalism\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/frontline3.png\" alt=\"Frontline Logo\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"51\" width=\"160\" title=\"Frontline Logo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/stories\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/StoriesCircle.jpg\" alt=\"Stories Circle\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" title=\"Stories Circle\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/stories\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stories<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/timeline\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TimelineCircle.jpg\" alt=\"Timeline Circle\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" title=\"Timeline Circle\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/timeline\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Timeline<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/map\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PFASMapCircle.jpg\" alt=\"PFAS Map Circle\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" title=\"PFAS Map Circle\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/map\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PFAS Map<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/pfas-faq\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PFASFAQCircle.jpg\" alt=\"PFAS FAQ Circle\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" title=\"PFAS FAQ Circle\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/pfas-faq\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PFAS FAQ<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\n<h1>\n\t\tFirefighting foams to pigskin tanning: PFAS persists in NM, nationwide\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>Laura Paskus<\/p>\n<p><em>December 15, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\t<p>We&#8217;ve just released the fourth in a series of videos about PFAS contamination in New Mexico.\u00a0This one focuses on eastern New Mexico&#8217;s water problems.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In August 2018, the U.S. Air Force revealed there were PFAS in the soils and waters below Cannon Air Force Base. More than two years later, dairy farmers like Art Schaap are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/2020\/09\/21\/new-mexicans-await-military-response-two-years-after-cannon-revealed-pfas-contamination\/\">still waiting for relief<\/a>, the drinking water utility in Clovis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/2020\/02\/14\/state-grapples-with-nonexistent-pfas-limits-as-utility-says-positive-tests-date-to-2019\/\">has shut down drinking water wells<\/a>, and the military and the state of New Mexico are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/2019\/08\/23\/environment-department-secretary-on-toxic-chemicals-around-new-mexico-military-bases\/\">locked in legal battle<\/a>\u00a0over cleanup.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, New Mexicans are footing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/2020\/11\/03\/new-mexico-to-delineate-pfas-contamination-from-two-air-force-bases\/\">bill for more water studies<\/a>\u00a0to learn where the toxic chemicals are and how they&#8217;re moving. And as groundwater levels continue to drop\u2014due to decades of\u00a0overpumping\u00a0of the Ogallala Aquifer\u2014the federal government is building a pipeline to bring more water to the region from the Canadian River and Ute Lake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Michigan,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sentinel-standard.com\/news\/20201212\/state-conducting-pfas-exposure-study\">state officials are launching a multi-year study among people<\/a>\u00a0who\u00a0lived in two western Michigan towns where drinking water was contaminated with\u00a0PFAS.\u00a0From the story in the\u00a0<i>Ionia Sentinel-Standard<\/i>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, state officials found high\u00a0levels of PFAS compounds in the city of Parchment\u2019s municipal water supply, which also supplied customers in Cooper Township.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, PFAS were found in water systems near Belmont, near a site where shoe company Wolverine formerly disposed of sludge used to tan pigskin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Tucson, PFAS\u00a0from the airport and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base\u00a0has polluted almost 20 \u201cbackup\u201d groundwater wells.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.azpm.org\/p\/news-articles\/2020\/12\/11\/185481-state-works-to-clean-up-chemical-pollutants-in-tucson-water-supply\/\">Ariana Brocious reports that the state is working on that cleanup<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tucson Water Director Tim Thomure said\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0important people know that our current water supply does not contain PFAS, especially since most city water currently comes from the Colorado River. The contaminated wells located north of Davis-Monthan were disconnected from the drinking water system in 2018. But the affected wells are part of the city&#8217;s backup supply of groundwater for the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/starherald.com\/unpublished\/airport-soil-being-tested-for-pfas\/article_c5a28533-326e-507c-ba05-bc34fb7c8a69.html\">airports in Nebraska are on the lookout for PFAS<\/a>, which is found in fire suppression foams. And\u00a0residents in Mayville, New York, are under a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/article\/news\/local\/water-advisory-issued-for-village-of-mayville\/71-e64f95e6-f92d-4a15-a367-5089e65400f6\">water advisory<\/a>\u00a0after PFAS was found in three of the village\u2019s drinking wells\u00a0and being\u00a0supplied a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/article\/news\/local\/water-bottle-distributions-happening-in-mayville-area-sunday-monday\/71-02137d90-d71c-43d9-a5fb-6c97f7d13ce4\">case of water per day<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t<p>If you\u2019ve been affected by PFAS contamination in your community here in New Mexico, call our tip line at (505) 433-7242. To read more coverage of PFAS in New Mexico visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cGroundwater War: New Mexico\u2019s Toxic Threat,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0which includes\u00a0a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">timeline of events<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/pfas-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">studies on PFAS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/groundwater-war\/stories\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore Stories\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories Timeline PFAS Map PFAS FAQ Firefighting foams to pigskin tanning: PFAS persists in NM, nationwide Laura Paskus December 15, 2020 We&#8217;ve just released the fourth in a series of videos about PFAS contamination in New Mexico.\u00a0This one focuses on eastern New Mexico&#8217;s water problems.\u00a0\u00a0 In August 2018, the U.S. Air Force revealed there were&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"tpl-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"508,478,80,75,161,56","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dispatch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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