Military warns farmers nationwide about PFAS contamination that threatens their livelihood

by JOCE STERMAN, ALEX BRAUER and ANDREA NEJMAN

Thu, August 5th 2021, 2:16 PM UTC

Cows at Highland Dairy in Clovis, New Mexico, have been impacted by leakage of toxic PFAS chemicals from a nearby military base (Photo: Joce Sterman){p}{/p}

Dairy farmer Art Schaap stands at the fence of Cannon Air Force Base, which he claims has tainted his property through the use of toxic firefighting foam that contains PFAS chemicals (Photo: Joce Sterman)

Hundreds of dead cows lay piled up in two areas of Art Schaap's dairy farm, waiting to be composted (Photo: Joce Sterman)

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Cows at Highland Dairy in Clovis, New Mexico, have been impacted by leakage of toxic PFAS chemicals from a nearby military base (Photo: Joce Sterman)

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