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PFAS Blood Testing

The New Mexico Environment Department and New Mexico Department of Health offered 1,000 people who have lived and worked near Cannon Air Force Base free PFAS blood testing in the Fall of 2024 to better understand the public health impacts brought on by the Air Force’s contamination of the nearby Ogallala Aquifer.

Individual results are completely anonymous and only given to participants. More broad data is currently being analyzed by the Department of Health, which will help guide government actions to protect public health and the environment.

PFAS Well Water Testing

The New Mexico Environment Department in Fall 2024 offered free well water testing in the area around Cannon Air Force Base in order to help residents fully grasp the contamination levels, or lack thereof, in the water they used for drinking, cooking, and cleaning.

PFAS and New Mexico’s Drinking Water Systems

NMED has taken proactive steps to begin evaluating PFAS impacts to public water supplies in New Mexico. As part of our efforts to protect communities PFAS in public drinking water, NMED, in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) sampled drinking water supplies across the state. This sampling effort, which started in 2020 and continues today, has focused on multiple ground and surface water supplies across New Mexico.

Results from nearly 80 public water systems, as well as multiple surface water sampling locations, are available here.

Additionally, New Mexico public water systems are currently sampling for PFAS under the federal Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule.

EPA Resources

Have questions about PFAS in New Mexico?

Email strategic.initiatives@state.nm.us

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