[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, HEALTH: George Air Force Base (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

"I'm Mad as Hell": Air Force Members Blame Health Horrors on Toxic Exposure

By Daniel Ross
Truthout 
April 17, 2016


Two memories stand out to Terrine Crooks from her arrival at George Air Force Base in the summer of 1980. One is the sense of apprehension she felt at seeing for the first time the broad, flat, barren expanse of the base on the skirt-tails of the Mojave Desert. "I was like, 'oh my God.' I was a New Hampshire girl who'd left a beautiful green land."

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A few years ago, Crooks stumbled across an article on the web chronicling the multiple toxic cleanups at George, which includes a federal Superfund site. She connected the dots between her illnesses and the contaminants found at the base, took her claim to the Veteran's Association and, in 2014, won her case.

In the rating decision, it states how her medical conditions were "at least as likely as not" caused by her military service, and specifically mentions George, where she was stationed until 1985.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35669-i-m-mad-as-hell-air-force-members-blame-health-horrors-on-toxic-exposure

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Lenny Siegel
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