[CPEO-MEF] VETERANS: Ft. McClellan, AL

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BEFORE THERE WAS A COVID OR FLINT, MI., THERE WAS A MISHANDLED CONTAMINATION ZONE AT A FEDERAL ARMY BASE

By Sue Frasier
Toxic Exposure Army Veterans of Fort McClellan
May 8, 2020

As a nation, we are growing smarter about asking the hard questions each time that a vague, new, and potentially hazardous situation emerges in the news. The matters of official concealment that was eventually discovered about the contaminated drinking water supply at Flint, Michigan, was a teaching moment for many of us. Currently we are ensnared in a national virus story that still hasn’t given up all the details it holds about delays and failed concealment attempts that may or may not have played out. But another story was still evolving about a contaminated military base in Alabama, prior to these other news events that the public is now familiar with. The former soldiers who were stationed at the base, are still working to get that story fully told. Meanwhile, the official story line in Alabama remains entrenched in secrecy, denial, and a wall of silence.

Fort McClellan, Alabama was a former, federalized Army base that served as a military school complex. The base was divided into three important organizational sectors spanning its several years of operations. The three main organizations consisted of the former Women’s Army Corps; the Army Chemical Corps School; and the Military Police School. The veterans from the base have compiled an impressive cache of papers over the years that firmly supports their belief that the base was a multiple environmental spill zone, and that the Army worked to conceal it when the toxic sites were active.

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For the entire release, see
https://www.newsanyway.com/2020/05/08/before-there-was-a-covid-or-flint-mi-there-was-a-mishandled-contamination-zone-at-a-federal-army-base/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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