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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(133,949 posts)
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 07:00 PM Jul 2025

Scientists raise red flags after US lake sets shocking world record levels of forever chemicals: 'We are worried'

Late in 2024, scientists announced they had discovered world-record levels of toxic "forever chemicals" in a New Mexico lake. Their newest study confirmed the results and analyzed the factors that contributed to this contamination.

What's happening?

The research expanded on the first study to examine PFAS contamination in the waters of Holloman Lake along with soils, plants, algae, fish, reptiles, and various species of birds and mammals, according to a summary from the University of New Mexico published by Phys.org.

All the samples had very high PFAS concentrations, up to or exceeding 10,000 times what the Environmental Protection Agency recommends in its drinking water standards.

Lake waters showed the highest concentration of PFAS anywhere in the world to date, as did one plant composite sample. The team also discovered the highest PFAS concentration recorded in a bird to date.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-raise-red-flags-us-110006664.html

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Scientists raise red flags after US lake sets shocking world record levels of forever chemicals: 'We are worried' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 OP
MAGAGOP solution is to stop all that testing. No news is good news! BobK will take his kids swimming there! Hekate Jul 2025 #1
yikes... FirstLight Jul 2025 #2
The lake is in or adjacent to Holloman AFB alittlelark Jul 2025 #3
where i live the water was contaminated by PFAS from firefighting foam used at military bases. uncle ray Jul 2025 #5
They're in most every lake in every state.... democratsruletheday Jul 2025 #4

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
1. MAGAGOP solution is to stop all that testing. No news is good news! BobK will take his kids swimming there!
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 07:03 PM
Jul 2025

Problem solved.

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
2. yikes...
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 07:09 PM
Jul 2025

The plastic thing and so much more is already coming to bit us all in the arse...
We're so screwed.

That's why I kind of roll my eyes at those who are all about a 'clean lifestyle' or 'clean eating'...microplastics are ALREADY IN everything, you're not special.

democratsruletheday

(1,837 posts)
4. They're in most every lake in every state....
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 08:19 PM
Jul 2025

I don't eat fish out of our lakes in Michigan anymore. (as of this summer) Hell, who am I kidding...I"m 56 and have ate fish all my life until now. Damage is probably already done:

https://www.businessinsider.com/where-fish-have-pfas-forever-chemicals-map-us-lakes-streams-2023-1

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