New Mexico lawmakers raise alarm over toxic plume under Pueblo land

Source Scout · Courthouse News Service reports: Legislators warned about the toxic plume while New Mexicans worried about proposed uranium mines on Native land. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CN) — A toxic chromium plume spreading from Los Alamos National Laboratory under Pueblo de San Ildefonso is a “runaway train,” the chairman of the New Mexico Legislature’s radioactive materials committee warned Thursday. Los Alamos National Laboratory representatives updated the New Mexico Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on their legacy cleanup efforts, boasting that they had shipped off more than 90% of above-ground waste while maintaining a high safety record.

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