[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Fort Ord, CA

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

PFAS at the former Fort Ord

By Pat Elder 
Military Poisons
March 27, 2025 

Summary

The Army has identified seven locations on the former Fort Ord base that are seriously contaminated with per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances, (PFAS). These toxic “forever chemicals” were used in a host of applications and products and they remain in the environment. The sites include landfills, a waste treatment plant, a burn pit, and hangars at the Marina Municipal Airport. They are owned by the Army, the state of California, and the cites of Seaside and Marina. The contamination presents an ongoing threat to human health.

The Army initially identified 61 sites with potential PFAS contamination. They whittled it down to 42 sites and they reduced that number to 10 sites. They finally settled on seven areas to examine.  

The human carcinogens were used and discarded at multiple areas on the former base while there are more locations where the chemicals were likely used. The Army devised a scheme to convince the public that the threat posed by these carcinogens is minimal. Thousands of contaminated acres of land have been conveyed to largely unsuspecting civilians. 

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For the entire report, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/pfas-at-the-former-fort-ord


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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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http://www.cpeo.org
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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