WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 26 Senate Democrats to send a letter demanding that U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth reverse DoD's decision to delay the cleanup (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/climate/military-defense-pfas-forever-chemicals-cleanup-delay.html) of per-and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) at military installations in New Mexico and nationwide and to urge the DoD to take action to protect military families and nearby communities by addressing PFAS contamination at the affected sites.
PFAS from industrial processes and products like firefighting foams can end up in waterways and soils. Exposur...