Bands, musicians and speakers slated to appear at the festival are pulling out in protest of the U.S. military for Israel in the ongoing Israel-Hamas War.
A cleanup is underway at the Red Hill facility after the spill of fire suppressant foam containing PFAS, a class of chemicals that can be toxic to humans.
Among those Americans held by foreign governments is Trevor Reed, a Marine veteran who was sentenced in Russia to nine years on charges he assaulted a police officer.
The report also found that DoD focused most of its efforts on the chemicals found in aqueous film-forming foam, the bubbly stuff used to quell aircraft and vehicle fires, rather than other potential exposures from military service.
Contamination with PFAS chemicals has been documented at and around Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis as well as at Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo and other locations in New Mexico.