The Air Force Lied

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George AFB’s Public Health Assessment (PHA)

The Air Force deliberately misled the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Congress, and the American people about the toxic substances present at George AFB, CA.  They failed to disclose the Completed Exposure Pathways (CEPs) and potential health threat to base personnel and their family members, including children and pregnant women (developing fetuses); civilian employees; and the surrounding community. The ATSDR relied on the [Read More…]

sampling for perchlorate was unnecessary
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DoD – Report to the Congress Perchlorate in the Southwestern United States

In 2005, the DoD/Air Force deliberately misled Congress about the possibility of perchlorate from George AFB contaminating the aquifer used for drinking and irrigation water. As early as 1982, the DoD knew that there were several sources for perchlorate contamination in the Southeast Disposal Area (SDEA). The SEDA is about a ¼ mile upstream of the drinking and irrigation water supply wells for [Read More…]

January-June 1963 Inspections of Nuclear Activities at Manned Interceptor Squadrons
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Nuclear Weapons at George AFB

George AFB was one of 35 bases that had Fighter Interceptor Squadrons with low-yield nuclear weapons for stopping enemy bomber attacks.  Because the early nuclear weapons (non-sealed pit) required regular onsite maintenance, a considerable amount of radioactive contamination/waste would be generated during the polonium-beryllium (Po-Be) initiators replacement operation.  The Air Force has repeatedly denied that there were any nuclear weapons at George AFB.  [Read More…]

West Winds Golf Course and pond
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George AFB’s West Winds Golf Course

If you played (as a child), lived next to, played golf, or worked at the West Winds Golf Course from 1965 to 1981, you were most likely exposed to unsafe levels of partially treated sewage and industrial waste containing known carcinogens. Before 1965, George AFB discharged its industrial waste into the Mojave River. On November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive [Read More…]

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George AFB’s Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing Decontamination Centers

If you worked or lived next to the west side of George AFB, worked at an engine test cell or the weapons test bunker, you were probably exposed to unsafe levels of fission byproducts (radioactive dust) from the decontamination of aircraft and equipment used in the nuclear bomb test at Nevada Test Site (NTS).  Aircraft from George AFB participated in the US Atmospheric Nuclear [Read More…]

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1990-91 – OSI Investigation of CBRN Contamination at George AFB

The Air Force refused to release the 1990–91 Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AF OSI) investigation of the environmental contamination at George AFB. The Air Force responded to a FOIA stating that were no responsive records despite being given a statement of facts from the investigating OSI Special Agent. [Read More…]

Criteria for the Certification and Re-Certification of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
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1996-01-xx EPA – Lost Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Records

Lost AEC Records Another recent example of the failure of records to maintain knowledge of waste burial operations pertains to low level nuclear waste buried on U.S. Air Force controlled land under the authority and purview of the AEC.22  This example in no way establishes or suggests that the sites in question pose an immediate or long term risk to human health or [Read More…]