About the Contamination
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Read and watch this excellent investigative report and video by AP on the contamination at Fort Ord.
Check out these key findings from the AP’s investigative report.
This document, with cited links and research, summarizes the contamination and resulting illnesses from Fort Ord.
Check out EnviroStor, California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control's data management system for tracking cleanup, permitting, enforcement, and investigation efforts at hazardous waste facilities and sites with known contamination. Sign up for email alerts when a new document has been released.
“Fort Ord has a history of hazardous waste management problems” states this document from the EPA. The document summarizes the contamination of several aquifers on Fort Ord with TCE, TCA, PERC, and CT (tricholorethylene, trichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene, and carbon tetrachloride). Consider submitting this document with your VA claim if you have cancer or a disease caused by TCE, TCA, PERC, or CT.
This Virtual Triage tool provides veterans and their dependents with a method to link the diagnosis of their disease to the exposure of toxins commonly found on military installations. Find your disease and link it to associated chemicals.
It wasn’t easy settling on the 11 most dangerous toxins at Fort Ord. These contaminants are responsible for many military-related cancers and illnesses: 2,4-D & 2,4,5-T (Agent Orange), BENZENE, CARBON TETRACHLORIDE, HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM, METHYLENE CHLORIDE (Dichloromethane), PFOS, PFOA, TETRACHLOROETHYLENE (PCE), TOLUENE, TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE), VINYL CHLORIDE (CHLOROETHENE).
Look at the Fort Ord Workbook to see which diseases and illnesses have been linked to the contaminants found on Fort Ord
CLEAN UP INFORMATION
EPA info on Fort Ord cleanup
The Army’s cleanup site containing many documents on the contamination and clean up efforts
AGENT ORANGE ON FORT ORD
Agent Orange was used on Fort Ord to control poison oak
We’ve compiled a document with compelling proof.
PFAS
Here is a recent article regarding PFAS on Ord.
The PFAS levels on Fort Ord are exceptionally high: November 17, 2022 Concentrations of PFAS in groundwater at Fort Ord are more than 20,000 times over EPA limit
November 9, 2023 Veterans Administration cites Military Poisons, awards 100% disability to Fort Ord Veteran suffering from Colon Cancer from PFAS exposure.
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