George AFB In The News

Thriving California enclave becomes eerie ghost town after hidden danger forced residents to flee 
By Rachel Bowman
Daily Mail – 09/28/2024

Hazardous Air Force base that potentially poisoned thousands has become desolate wasteland 
By Anna Young
New York Post – September 28, 2024,

Without Determination As To Contamination Allegations, Judge Dismisses George AFB Lawsuit
by Venturi
San Bernardino County Sentinel – September 2, 2022

Court tosses lawsuit alleging George AFB toxic exposure, health issues
By Scott Schwebke
Orange County Register – August 31, 2022

Military dependents allege they have experienced serious health problems from being subjected to 67 different toxins at the shuttered Victorville base 
By Scott Schwebke
Orange County Register – September 17, 2020

Claim Made By Hundreds Of Former Airman Threatening To Reveal Depth Of Nuclear Contamination At Shuttered Air Force Base 
By: Mark Gutglueck
San Bernardino County Sentinel – July 16, 2020

Legacy Nuclear Weapons Maintenance Wastes
By Annette Cary & GeorgeAFB.info – March 27, 2020

PFAS Contamination Near George Air Force Base Threatens Public Health
Military Poisons – February 18, 2020

Toxic Detention: The Trend Of Contamination In The American Immigration System
By: Jasmine Vazin – UCSB GEJP – January 2019

Military Base Has Legacy of Pesticide and Other Toxic Chemical Exposure and Harm
Beyond Pesticides – September 19, 2018

Victorville prison where immigrant detainees held built atop toxic Superfund site
By Scott Schwebke and Beau Yarbrough
Orange County Register – August 13, 2018

How Prisons Are Poisoning Their Inmates 
By: Michael Waters
The Outline – July 23, 2018

Why women were told ‘Don’t get pregnant at George Air Force Base’
By: Tara Copp
Military  Times – June 20, 2018

Bombs in Your Backyard – George AFB
by Lena Groeger, Ryann Grochowski Jones, & Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica – November 30, 2017

Pentagon dumps tons of hazardous waste yearly without disclosing pollution harm – Video
RT America – August 28, 2017

The military’s toxic water problem – Podcast
Jimmy Williams speaks with Adrienne St. Clair
DecodeDC – August 21, 2017

Military bases’ contamination will affect water for generations
By Corinne Roels, Briana Smith and Adrienne St. Clair
News 21 –  August 14, 2017

George Air Force Base, Victorville, California – Video
By Corinne Roels, Briana Smith and Adrienne St. Clair
News 21 –  August 8, 2017

Why The EPA Is Allowing Contaminated Groundwater To Go Untreated
By Dan Ross
Newsweek – March 9, 2017

Novel Strategy for Dealing with Toxic Contamination: Do Nothing
By Daniel Ross
FairWarning – February 28, 2017

Air Force’s High Desert Legacy: Untold & Unknown Contamination Levels
By Daniel Ross
San Bernardino County Sentinel – April 23, 2016

“I’m Mad as Hell”: Air Force Members Blame Health Horrors on Toxic Exposure
By Daniel Ross
Truthout – April 17, 2016

Air Force Less Than Clear On Extent Of Nuclear Contamination At GAFB
By Mark Gutglueck
San Bernardino County Sentinel – May 17, 2015

Lahontan: SCLA project unsafe
By Shea Johnson
The Daily Press – December 25, 2014

The Real Deal with Jim Fetzer podcast
By Jim Fetzer – July 26, 2013

The view from being thrown under the bus
By Ed Mattson
Veterans Today – June 23, 2013

Part II…The view from under the bus
By Ed Mattson
Veterans Today – June 30, 2013

US Air Force Investigates Radiological Waste Burial
By Peter Waldman
Wall Street Journal – June 2, 2003

News – Nuke Waste Toughens Closings
Current News Pentagon – September 30, 1994

GAFB Airman [Frank Vera] Exposed to Radiation
By Mark Gutglueck
Desert Mountain Express – July 1, 1994

Company to pay $1.3 million for falsifying tests on wastes
The Record- August 27, 1991

SD Company Admits EPA Fraud Pays Fine
By Amy Wallace
Times –August 27, 1991

Ex-officers: Air Force lied about range [George AFB]
The Daily News – May 7, 1990

1989-04-28 news – Base environmental cleanup on track time
By 1ST LT. Kevin Baggett
831st Public Affairs Division – April 28, 1989

George AFB cleanup effort mishandled costs may rise
By Sam Atwood
The Sun – April 27, 1989

Errors found in soil found water test at base
By Judith Pfeffer
The Daily Press – April 27, 1989

Low-level radioactive dump discovered at George AFB
By William Couey
The Daily Press – September 1, 1985

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