Campus Town is contaminated
New development in Seaside, California at the former Fort Ord likely to threaten public health
By Pat Elder
Military Poisons
April 3, 2025
The Blue X is the site of Building 4400 - Main Garrison Fire Station Complex. Analytical results show that soils tested at 5 inches below the surface at the firehouse contained 2,990 parts per billion (ppb) of PFOS. (PFOS is one of 16,000 kinds of PFAS.) These are dangerously high levels. Carcinogenic PFOS may attach itself to soil and become airborne, settling in our lungs and our homes as dust.
Unlike European nations, neither the EPA nor the state of California have established enforceable levels of PFOS in soil. As a result, public health may be at risk when the wind blows.
The Red X is the site of the Burn Pit. In 1995 the Army excavated an area approximately 80 feet wide by 100 feet long to a maximum depth of 10 feet. 1,451 cubic yards of soil were removed and treated just north of Lightfighter Drive at the Fort Ord Soil Treatment Area (FOSTA). They didn’t pay attention to PFAS.
This is a relatively small amount of material. The Navy and the Air Force have excavated far more when faced with similar contamination at their bases. Land Use Controls are established at their facilities, but at Campus Town, there are no land use controls in place restricting access to or use of soil and groundwater at the old burn pit.
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For the entire article, including the map, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/campus-town-is-contaminated
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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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