[CPEO-MEF] MISSILE SITES, PCBs: "No harmful levels of PCBs found at Wyoming nuclear missile base as Air Force investigates cancers"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

No harmful levels of PCBs found at Wyoming nuclear missile base as Air Force investigates cancers

BY TARA COPP
Associated Press
August 22, 2023

WASHINGTON — No harmful levels of carcinogenic PCBs were found inside the missile launch facilities at F.E. Warren Air Force base in Wyoming, the service said Tuesday, as it looks for possible causes for cancers being reported among its nuclear missile community.

F.E. Warren is among three nuclear bases the Air Force is investigating. Earlier this month the Air Force reported it had found harmful levels of PCBs at two locations at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. Results from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota are pending, as are water quality tests from each of the locations. 

The three bases house silo-launched Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles. In underground capsules, pairs of missileers serve watch for 24 hours at a time, ready to launch the warheads if ordered to by the president.


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For the entire story, see
https://apnews.com/article/missile-nuclear-cancer-pcbs-air-force-military-b8787f2f849476af3a24268f80c6603b

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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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