Posts Tagged ‘environment’
Our Land: Toxic Blue-Green Algae Blooms in New Mexico Lakes
September 13, 2019 – In this month’s episode of Our Land, correspondent Laura Paskus visits Cochiti and Abiquiu lakes, which were closed to swimming in August because of blooms of blue-green algae. Contact with the blooms, which are triggered by things like high water temperatures and an influx of nutrients from upstream farms, grazing lands,…
Read MoreEnvironment Department Secretary on Toxic Chemicals Around New Mexico Military Bases
August 23, 2019 – Correspondent Laura Paskus sits down with New Mexico Environment Department Sec. James Kenney to talk about PFAS, or toxic, human-made chemicals that have been found at U.S. military bases across the nation and the world. Here in New Mexico, these chemicals have contaminated groundwater around Cannon and Holloman Air Force bases.…
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