Two PFAS bills scheduled for Saturday House Energy and Natural Resources committee

February 7, 2025

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"U.S. Geological Survey scientist Kimberly Beisner retrieves a water quality sensor on the Rio Grande for a PFAS study in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey)

Legislation to eventually ban the sale of consumer goods containing so-called “forever chemicals,” and a second bill New Mexico officials hope will help advance cleanup, will be heard Saturday by the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee.

New Mexico Environment Department Secretary James Kenney supports both bills, and told Source that per-and-polyfluoroalkyl—aka PFAS—contamination is the “thing that keeps him up at night.”