Danger Pesticides
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George AFB’s Organochlorine Pesticides Contamination

If you worked, lived, or went to school in a building built before the late 1980s, on George AFB, you were probably exposed to unsafe levels of chlordane and other organochlorine pesticides (OCPs).  These OCPs are classified as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), are toxic chemicals that adversely affect human health and the environment, and the DOD banned their use in the late 1980’s.  [Read More…]

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Military Housing

Documents needed for a VA “Toxic Exposure” claim

This is a starter list of documents that should be submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) for toxic injury as a result of a toxic exposure at George AFB.” It is imperative that you get a Board Certified OccMed Doctor to use the following exact phrases in your NEXUS letter to the DVA. “It is in his or her opinion that your condition [Read More…]

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Lead-Based Paint (LBP)

The Air Force Law Review – Lead-Based Paint

[PDF] The Reporter, vol. 32 no. 2 – Air Force Judge Advocate www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090107-037.pdf Others will follow your lead. …… in this article is based upon the collective past work of the Air Force …… ments regarding lead-based paint, the Melina Bill in-. [PDF] The Reporter, vol. 33 no. 1 – Air Force Judge Advocate – U.S. … www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090107-038.pdf learned with I LEAD!, no [Read More…]

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Military Housing

The Air Force Law Review – Military Housing

[PDF] military housing privatization initiative – Air Force Judge … www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081204-025.pdf Military Housing Privatization Lnitiative: A Guidance Document for Wading. Through … 1996, Congress stepped in and enacted the Military Housing Privatization. [PDF] AF Law Review vol. 61 www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081009-006.pdf which did not provide for power to terminate and at the same time proscribe anticipated profits if termination did occur. Particularly in the field [Read More…]

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Military Housing

The Air Force Law Review – Chlordane

[PDF]The Reporter, vol. 36 no. 4 (2009) – Year in Review www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100510-067.pdf Dec 15, 2006 – Idaho over how to handle chlordane in soil at a housing construction site. The branch also assisted ACC and AMC bases deal with Homeland …

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Completed Exposure Pathway (CEP)

George AFB’s Lead Based Paint Contamination

If you were a child that lived or went to daycare/school on George AFB, before 1978, you were probably exposed to unsafe levels of lead-based paint (LBP).  The buildings constructed before 1978, when the DOD banned the use of LBP, are likely to contain one or more coats of LBP.  In addition, some facilities constructed immediately after the ban may also contain LBP, [Read More…]

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Military Housing

Pesticide Contamination Military Family Housing – News

Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe The lawsuit alleges breaches of contract, violation of the landlord-tenant code, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud and unfair and deceptive trade practices. The lawsuit alleges the company failed to properly inform military families of potential health dangers posed by contaminated soil under and around the foundations of older buildings which were demolished and replaced between [Read More…]

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George AFB’s Family Housing

If you lived in George AFB’s Family Housing, built before 1988, you were probably exposed to unsafe levels of chlordane and other organochlorine pesticides (“OCPs”). The Air Force knew that the housing and soil under/around the base housing were contaminated with unsafe levels of OCPs that could present a risk to human health. Additionally, the Air Force knew that there was NO safe [Read More…]