[CPEO-MEF] MISSILE SITES, PCB's: Cleanup at Malmstrom Air Force Base, MT; F.E. Warren AFB, WY; and Minot AFB, ND

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force cleaning up likely carcinogens found at 3 missile bases

By Rachel S. Cohen
Air Force Times
August 30, 2023

The Air Force has detected the presence of a likely carcinogen at its three intercontinental ballistic missile bases, including unsafe levels of the chemicals at sites in North Dakota and Montana.

An effort to decontaminate those facilities is now underway.

The service said Aug. 26 that of 900 samples taken at missile facilities across Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana; F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming; and Minot AFB, North Dakota, 68 tested positive for polychlorinated biphenyls — a class of chemicals used in oils, electrical components, appliances and more until they were banned in 1979.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2023/08/30/air-force-cleaning-up-likely-carcinogens-found-at-3-missile-bases/

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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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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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