Report: Los Alamos National Laboratory has contaminated the Rio Grande at least as far as Cochiti Lake

Santa Fe New Mexican: "It's not generally known by the New Mexican public," stated Nuclear Watch New Mexico Director Jay Coghlan, "What is 'new news' is publicly calling that out." 

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Horrible news! This week I talked to a man who worked for the Feds and state for years in New Mexico. His duty was to head the clean up of toxic waste in the state. He stated to me it toxic waste is still wide spread problem in New Mexico.

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MAYA HILTY, THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

Apr. 25—Trace amounts of plutonium from decades of weapons work at Los Alamos National Laboratory have contaminated the Rio Grande at least as far as Cochiti Lake and could be in the regional aquifer that serves a large population of New Mexicans, a nuclear watchdog says.

“That’s been long known,” Nuclear Watch New Mexico Director Jay Coghlan said in a virtual briefing Thursday morning, when the organization unveiled a map of plutonium migration it said was created with LANL’s own data.

“Nevertheless, it’s not generally known by the New Mexican public,” Coghlan said. “What is ‘new news’ is publicly calling that out.” More Here

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