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December 1, 2023 at 2:16 AM. MASHPEE — A new study detailing the scope of so-called “forever chemicals” in private groundwater wells near military bases across the country has found 17 wells ...
More: Ellipsis U.S. Onshore grows Permian Basin oil and gas assets, industry addresses pollution. NMED filed a lawsuit in March 2019 against the DOD, arguing the agency had a duty to remediate ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in New Mexico designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations.
May 23—New Mexico's Environment Department is getting $18.9 million in federal dollars to help the state deal with PFAS and other emerging contamination in public water systems, the ...
Joint Base San Antonio – located 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of San Antonio, Texas. Joint Base Langley-Eustis – located 12 kilometers (8 miles) east of Newport News, Virginia. Joint Region Marianas – combines Naval Base Guam, Andersen Air Force Base and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz. Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall – located 1 kilometer ...
A perfluorinated compound ( PFC) or perfluoro compound is an organofluorine compound that lacks C-H bonds. Many perfluorinated compounds have properties that are quite different from their C-H containing analogues. Common functional groups in PFCs are OH, CO 2 H, chlorine, O, and SO 3 H. Electrofluorination is the predominant method for PFC ...
Hundreds of residents and personnel stationed at a U.S. Air Force base in eastern New Mexico will be able to have their blood tested as state officials expand their investigation into ...
Military bases. The water in and around at least 126 U.S. military bases has been contaminated by high levels of PFASs because of their use of firefighting foams since the 1970s, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Defense. Of these, 90 bases reported PFAS contamination that had spread to drinking water or groundwater off the base.