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Groundwater War: Reporters on the Challenges of Covering PFAS

July 23, 2021
A black and white photo of a faucet gushing water into a sink.

New Mexico isn’t the only state trying to compel the U.S. military to clean up the waters it has polluted with toxic chemicals known as PFAS. Nationwide, the military has contaminated almost 700 communities with the toxic chemicals found in certain types of firefighting foams. As part of our series, Groundwater War, correspondent Laura Paskus…

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New Mexico’s Military Legacy & PFAS Contamination

December 21, 2020
A bottle pours out a stream of water in front of a yellow-orange sky.

December 25, 2020 – One of the other top stories of 2020 for us here at NMPBS is the groundwater contamination found at as many as seven military installations in the state. Groundwater War is our ongoing investigation into PFAS chemicals, which the military has used in firefighting foams in the past. These chemicals pose…

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