[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, VETERANS: Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Veteran holding fundraiser for fellow test site vets impacted by contamination

by Candese Charles
KLAS 8 News Now (Las Vegas, NV) 
August 24, 2023

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — For decades, U.S. Air Force veteran Dave Crete has been documenting the effects of exposure to contaminants on his fellow servicemen and their families. In response to his research and reports, a bill is being drafted in the U.S. House of Representatives that alleges the federal government was aware of contaminated areas at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) but failed to protect military and civilian personnel.

“Military personnel did not know the Department of Energy and its civilian contractors had conducted nuclear testing at the TTR decades before they arrived,” Crete explained. “They also didn’t know TTR’s soil and water were contaminated with ionizing radiation from Plutonium 239, as well as beryllium and other highly toxic materials.”

Crete was stationed on the Tonopah Test Range from 1983 to 1987 as a member of the 4461st Security Police Squadron, providing operational security for America’s top-secret F-117A stealth aircraft.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/veteran-holding-fundraiser-for-fellow-test-site-vets-impacted-by-contamination/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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