[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Clovis dairy farmer says he lost millions in revenue due to PFAS contamination" from Cannon Air Force Base, NM

[Lenny Siegel]

Clovis dairy farmer says he lost millions in revenue due to PFAS contamination

by Kaley Green
My High Plains
March 25, 2021 

CLOVIS, N.M. (KAMR/KCIT) — Clovis dairy farmer Art Schaap first learned his water was contaminated with PFAS chemicals in October of 2018. Since then, Schaap said he has been forced to dump tens of millions of pounds of milk, losing millions of dollars in revenue.

The toxic PFAs chemicals were from aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) used in training exercises at nearby Cannon Air Force Base, which over time, caused an underwater plume of PFAS-contaminated water.

Schaap said while the U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense are taking steps to fix the problem, it is not happening quickly enough and his business is in trouble.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.myhighplains.com/news/local-news/clovis-dairy-farmer-says-he-lost-millions-in-revenue-due-to-pfas-contamination/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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