If you worked, lived, or went to school in a building built before the late 1980s, on George AFB, you were probably exposed to unsafe levels of chlordane and other organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). These OCPs are classified as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), are toxic chemicals that adversely affect human health and the environment, and the DOD banned their use in the late 1980’s. [Read More…]
This is a starter list of documents that should be submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) for toxic injury as a result of a toxic exposure at George AFB.” It is imperative that you get a Board Certified OccMed Doctor to use the following exact phrases in your NEXUS letter to the DVA. “It is in his or her opinion that your condition [Read More…]
IS DEATH DIFFERENT? – Air Force Judge Advocate – U.S. … www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090107-042.pdf Mar 1, 2007 – Use of Operations and. Maintenance Funds. During Deployments. Can Old Pesticides Kill. Big Construction Projects? On the Cover. 1. 17. 19. — [PDF]THE AIR FORCE LAW REVIEW – Air Force Judge Advocate www.afjag.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081009-011.pdf Agriculture, Forest Service Pesticide Fact Sheet at http://infoventures.com/e- hlth/pestcide/24d.html (last visited Mar. 29, 2004). [Read More…]
“It is the EPA’s decision that the pesticides are no longer protected under “intended use” when the structures are demolished or are to be demolished. Because of this, the chemical’s “intended use” is no longer applicable, and the pesticides become ”solid waste” and subject to RCRA Section 1004(27).” Mathy Stanislaus, US EPA, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Department [Read More…]
Victorville Army Airfield / George Air Force Base (AFB) used organochlorine pesticides, before they were banned, to protect its buildings against termites and other pests. The following pesticides and their breakdown products were detected under and around the George AFB Family Housing: aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, and lindane. The levels of aldrin, dieldrin, and chlordane and their breakdown products were so [Read More…]
Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe The lawsuit alleges breaches of contract, violation of the landlord-tenant code, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud and unfair and deceptive trade practices. The lawsuit alleges the company failed to properly inform military families of potential health dangers posed by contaminated soil under and around the foundations of older buildings which were demolished and replaced between [Read More…]
If you lived in George AFB’s Family Housing, built before 1988, you were probably exposed to unsafe levels of chlordane and other organochlorine pesticides (“OCPs”). The Air Force knew that the housing and soil under/around the base housing were contaminated with unsafe levels of OCPs that could present a risk to human health. Additionally, the Air Force knew that there was NO safe [Read More…]
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