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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

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: 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