this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2025
166 points (100.0% liked)

News

30898 readers
3324 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

High levels of Pfas stemming from the base have tainted water, damaged crops and poisoned cows in the area

The state of New Mexico is suing the US air force over its refusal to comply with orders to address extremely high levels of Pfas pollution stemming from its base, which has tainted drinking water for tens of thousands of people, damaged crops and poisoned dairy cows.

Though the military acknowledges Pfas-laden firefighting foam from Cannon air force base is the source of a four mile chemical plume in the aquifer below Clovis, New Mexico, it has refused to comply with most state orders to address the issue.

The new lawsuit filed by the state’s justice and environmental departments is the latest salvo in the seven-year battle over the pollution, and comes after changes to state law that strengthened New Mexico’s legal position.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Gonna have to sue every major airport as well

PFAS is in the fire suppressant

Might be easier to sue the source, the fire suppressant companies so they have to find an alternative material

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There are plenty of alternative materials already. They just won't make the switch.

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's the PFAS cartel

They've got a lock on the market

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

I think it has to do with the DOD (iirc) approving them for military use. But there's a soy based product that's being deployed in some areas despite not having DOD approval.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Just saw something on how difficult it would be for them to change from synthetic food coloring to natural and it was all excuses. They will probably save a penny to make the current ceo look good for a bonus till next year when it all repeats.