Virtually every military base in the United States used unlined open-air burn pits and incinerators (without an air scrubber to remove toxic chemicals). This practice injured tens of thousands of Americans. George Air Force Base, CA, had several open-air burn pits and two old-style incinerators (without an air scrubber to remove toxic chemicals). The known carcinogens and respiratory sensitizers that were released into [Read More…]
Victorville Army Airfield / George Air Force Base (AFB) used organochlorine pesticides, before they were banned, to protect its buildings against termites and other pests. The following pesticides and their breakdown products were detected under and around the George AFB Family Housing: aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, and lindane. The levels of aldrin, dieldrin, and chlordane and their breakdown products were so [Read More…]
The Southeast Disposal Area’s RW-09 radioactive disposal site is physically located about a ¼ mile upstream of the Drinking Water Supply Wells for George AFB, Adelanto, CA, several homes, and the former Victor Valley Country Club. Unfortunately, the groundwater flows northeast from the SEDA, directly toward these drinking water supply wells. This created a potential exposure to tens of thousands of civilians, and military [Read More…]
If you worked, lived, or went to school on George AFB you were probably exposed to unsafe levels known carcinogens and respiratory sensitizers. George AFB had over a dozen unlined open-air burn pits and two old style incinerators (without an air scrubber to remove toxic chemicals). Known carcinogens and respiratory sensitizers were released into the atmosphere and pose both acute and chronic health hazards to civilians, [Read More…]
While this document outlines the health risks to those who were deployed to Balad AB (LSAA), it is relevant to the George AFB personnel and their family members. George AFB had several burn pits and two old style incinerators. The known carcinogens and respiratory sensitizers released into the atmosphere by the burn pits and incinerators present both acute and chronic health hazards to civilians, [Read More…]
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