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Army Base Becomes Sanctuary: Fort Ord’s closed gates preserved wild coast; monument now welcomes hikers

Fort Ord in California once served as a major US Army training base, with about 1.5 million soldiers passing through before it closed in 1994. Today, much of the former military land forms Fort Ord National Monument, protecting 14,651 acres of coastal landscape with 86 miles of trails, native wildflowers,…

The Times of India · Sep 23

CDC to conduct health study at polluted former Army base

Federal health officials are conducting a new study to determine whether veterans once stationed at a now-shuttered California military base were exposed to dangerously high levels of cancer-causing toxins

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022

California reps ask US for new water study at former base

Two of California's congressional representatives are asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch a health safety and drinking water investigation at Fort Ord on the Central Coast

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

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Toxic legacy: Veterans worry chemicals at California base left them to face cancer

At Fort Ord, chemicals were allowed to seep into an aquifer that supplied some of the base’s drinking water. Vets are demanding action over cancers they developed.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 24, 2022

What Lies Beneath: Key findings of AP's investigation

The Associated Press reviewed thousands of pages of documents, interviewed nearly two dozen veterans and consulted military, medical and environmental scientists as it investigated the connection between toxic substances at California’s Fort Ord and illnesses among those who lived and worked there

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

What Lies Beneath: Vets worry polluted base made them ill

California’s Fort Ord has been on the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of the most polluted places in the nation since 1990

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

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