Military Toxic Exposure
Evidence shows that there is a connection between military service operations and cancer.
Known Contaminants
Affected Bases
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, an Army testing installation since 1917, has documented solvent, heavy metal and chemical agent contamination and includes two EPA Superfund sites.
Castle Air Force Base
Castle Air Force Base, a former SAC training base near Merced, California, is an EPA Superfund site where TCE, other solvents, and PFAS have been documented in soil and groundwater.
Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant
Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant near Grand Island, Nebraska is a Superfund site where explosives and heavy metal contamination of groundwater and soil have raised potential health concerns.
Fort Detrick
Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland is home to an EPA Superfund site where TCE and PCE from buried laboratory wastes contaminated groundwater and nearby residential wells.
Fort Devens
Fort Devens, a former Army post in Massachusetts listed as a Superfund site in 1989, has documented TCE, benzene, PCB, heavy metal, and PFAS contamination.
Fort Dix (Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst)
Fort Dix in New Jersey, now part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, has a documented Superfund landfill with solvent and metal contamination as well as PFAS linked to firefighting foam.
Fort Riley
Fort Riley, a longtime Army post in Kansas, was added to the EPA Superfund list in 1990 after TCE, heavy metals, and other contaminants were found, and PFAS has since been detected on post.
George Air Force Base
George Air Force Base in Victorville, California, a closed fighter training base and EPA Superfund site, has documented TCE, PCE, benzene, jet fuel, and PFAS contamination.
Griffiss Air Force Base
Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York is a Superfund site where decades of maintenance and disposal operations left TCE, PCBs and heavy metals in soil and groundwater.
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, a Superfund site since 1989, has documented radiation, PCB, heavy metal, and solvent contamination, with cleanup still unresolved.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington has documented TCE, solvent, petroleum, and PFAS contamination, and portions of the base are EPA Superfund sites.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii has documented contamination from jet fuel, heavy metals, and solvents, and the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex is an EPA Superfund site.
Letterkenny Army Depot
Letterkenny Army Depot in Pennsylvania hosts two Superfund sites where solvents such as TCE, along with heavy metals and PCBs, contaminated soil and groundwater, and solvent plumes reached residential wells off post.
Loring Air Force Base
Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine is an EPA Superfund site where solvents, PCBs and fuels contaminated soil and groundwater during decades of bomber operations.
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro
TCE, PCBs, solvents, and jet fuel contaminated soil and groundwater at MCAS El Toro in California, a Superfund site where cleanup is expected to continue for decades.
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Camp Pendleton, an EPA Superfund site since 1989, has documented PFAS, TCE, and solvent contamination tied to decades of waste disposal and firefighting foam use.
Naval Air Station Alameda
Former Navy airfield on San Francisco Bay where solvents, fuels, PCBs, radium, and heavy metals from decades of aircraft work led to a 1999 Superfund listing.
Former Naval Air Station Brunswick
Concerns about PFAS, firefighting foam, and legacy solvents at the former Naval Air Station Brunswick in Maine.
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove
Groundwater at the former NAS JRB Willow Grove in Pennsylvania tested at 329,500 ppt of combined PFOS and PFOA from firefighting foam, affecting area drinking water and prompting a Superfund cleanup.
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
NAS Whidbey Island in Washington has documented PFAS, PFOS, PFOA, AFFF, and solvent contamination, and both Ault Field and the Seaplane Base have been EPA Superfund sites.
Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster
PFAS from firefighting foam and solvent contamination at the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster affected drinking water wells in surrounding Bucks County communities.
Norton Air Force Base
Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California operated from 1942 to 1994 and was placed on the EPA Superfund list in 1987 after TCE, PCBs, and other contaminants were found in soil and groundwater.
Pease Air Force Base
Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire, a former Strategic Air Command installation, is an EPA Superfund site where PFAS from firefighting foam, solvents, and jet fuel contaminated groundwater and a drinking water well.
Picatinny Arsenal
Picatinny Arsenal, a longtime Army munitions and armaments center in Morris County, New Jersey, is an EPA Superfund site with documented heavy metals, solvent, and PFAS contamination.
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Former SAC bomber base in Plattsburgh, New York, where TCE, benzene, heavy metals and PFAS contamination led to a 1989 Superfund listing and ongoing cleanup.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington is an EPA Superfund site where heavy metals, PCBs, and asbestos have raised concerns about potential health risks for workers and veterans.
Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal, an Army installation near Huntsville, Alabama, is an EPA Superfund site where TCE, solvents, heavy metals, and PFAS have raised potential exposure concerns.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, a former Army chemical weapons and pesticide manufacturing site near Denver, was placed on the EPA Superfund list in 1987 amid concerns about solvents, heavy metals, and pesticide contamination.
Tobyhanna Army Depot
Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania, a Superfund site listed in 1990, has documented solvent and PFAS contamination in groundwater, soils, and sediments.
Umatilla Chemical Depot
Years of munitions washout at Umatilla Chemical Depot in Oregon left explosives and heavy metals in soil and groundwater, leading to a Superfund cleanup.
McClellan Air Force Base
A former Air Force logistics hub near Sacramento, now a Superfund site contaminated with solvents, heavy metals, and PCBs.
Naval Air Station Jacksonville
A major Navy installation in Florida designated a Superfund site after chlorinated solvents reached soil and groundwater.
Fort Ord
A former Army training center on Monterey Bay, closed in 1994 and designated a Superfund site for soil and groundwater contamination.
Wurtsmith Air Force Base
A Cold War bomber base in Oscoda, Michigan, closed in 1993 and now a Superfund site with PFAS-contaminated groundwater.
Fort Campbell
Home of the 101st Airborne on the Kentucky–Tennessee border, where firefighting foam and industrial chemicals raised exposure concerns.
Joint Base San Antonio
The 2010 merger of Randolph AFB, Lackland AFB, and Fort Sam Houston, with exposure concerns spanning all three legacy installations.
Camp Lejeune
One of the largest Marine Corps bases in the country, and the site of one of the most serious drinking-water contaminations in U.S. history.
Fort Hood
A major Army training hub in Killeen, Texas, with concerns about PFAS, AFFF, PCBs, and asbestos exposure on base.
Fort Bragg
One of the world's largest Army installations, with documented concerns about PFAS and other contaminants affecting soldiers and families.
Fort Benning (formerly Fort Moore)
Georgia's infantry and armor training post, Fort Moore from 2023 to 2025, now Fort Benning again, with a history of contamination concerns.
Anniston Army Depot
An Alabama maintenance depot and EPA Superfund site with PCBs, solvents, and heavy metals documented in soil and groundwater.
Schofield Barracks
A historic Army post in central Oahu where asbestos, lead paint, and groundwater contaminants have raised health concerns.
Selfridge Air National Guard Base
A century-old Michigan air base where TCE, PFOA, and PFOS contamination has been linked to health risks for personnel and neighbors.
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