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‘We thought we’d got the numbers wrong’: how a pristine lake came to have the highest levels of ‘forever chemicals’ on record (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The lake – created in 1965 as part of a system of wastewater catchment ponds for Holloman air force base

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The main cause of contamination is the firefighting foams used in training exercises by the US air force at the Holloman site from about 1970. The single most contaminated individual from the 2024 study was a 1994 specimen of a white-footed mouse, showing pollution had been high for decades.

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