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EPA’s Superfund Websites Can Save Veterans’ Lives
EPA’s Superfund database lists Chemicals of Concerns (COCs) and their health effects, valuable information to medical care providers.
Thousands of veterans and their dependents lived and worked on military installations that are now listed as EPA Superfund sites.
Exposure to COC’s can cause serious medical conditions, including cancer and death. Veterans with who were stationed on an EPA Superfund installation need to share this information with their medical care provider. This is not about collecting VA disability compensation, but about helping veterans “connect the dots of serious illness” to military service and giving information to their health care providers that could save their lives.
EPA lists 130 military installations as Superfund sites. There is no legal requirement to notify the veterans of the remaining 129 military installations of the COCs they may have been exposed to and their health effects. This is not a mission impossible. It can be done. EPA lists the COCs and the ATSDR has identified the health effects of many of them.
US Navy
Adak Naval Air Station Adak AK
Alameda Naval Air Station Alameda CA
Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (USNAVY) Mineral County WV
Bangor Naval Submarine Base Silverdale WA
Bangor Ordnance Disposal (USNAVY) Bremerton WA
Barstow Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow CA
Brunswick Naval Air Station Brunswick ME
Camp Lejeune Military Res. (USNAVY) Onslow County NC
Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton CA
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station Havelock NC
Concord Naval Weapons Station Concord CA
Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center North Kingstown RI
El Toro Marine Corps Air Station El Toro CA
Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head MD
Jackson Park Housing Complex (USNAVY) Kitsap County WA
Jacksonville Naval Air Station Jacksonville FL
Marine Corps Combat Development Command Quantico VA
Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany GA
Moffett Naval Air Station Moffett Field CA
Naval Air Development Center (8 Waste Areas) Warminster Township PA
Naval Air Engineering Center Lakehurst NJ
Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island (Ault Field) Whidbey Island WA
Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island (Seaplane Base) Whidbey Island WA
Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Virginia Beach VA
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Eastern Pacific Wahiawa HI
Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant Fridley MN
Naval Security Group Activity Sabana Seca PR
Naval Surface Warfare Center – Dahlgren Dahlgren VA
Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station (4 Waste Areas) Keyport WA
Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant Bedford MA
Naval Weapons Station – Yorktown Yorktown VA
Naval Weapons Station Earle (Site A) Colts Neck NJ
Navy Ships Parts Control Center Mechanicsburg PA
New London Submarine Base New London CT
Newport Naval Education & Training Center Newport RI
Norfolk Naval Base (Sewells Point Naval Complex) Norfolk VA
Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth VA
NWS Yorktown – Cheatham Annex Yorktown VA
Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island SC
Patuxent River Naval Air Station Patuxent River MD
Pearl Harbor Naval Complex Pearl Harbor HI
Pensacola Naval Air Station Pensacola FL
Port Hadlock Detachment (USNAVY) Indian Island WA
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery ME
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Complex Bremerton WA
South Weymouth Naval Air Station Weymouth MA
St. Juliens Creek Annex (U.S. Navy) Chesapeake VA
Treasure Island Naval Station-Hunters Point Annex San Francisco CA
USN Air Station Cecil Field Jacksonville FL
Washington Navy Yard Washington DC
Whiting Field Naval Air Station Milton FL
Willow Grove Naval Air and Air Reserve Station Horsham PA
Yuma Marine Corps Air Station Yuma AZ
I was stationed on board USS Spartanburg County LST 1192 at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Virginai from 1972-1974 Drank base water and have diabetes and other disorders . Where do we get help from an attorney to sue for our health ?
Hi Lee, You should look into The PACT ACT of 2022. It’s a long shot but there could be info pertaining to the base where you were stationed. There is
significant info about NAB Little Creek in this Veteran’s Appeal Docket No. 14-30 530 at this link>>> https://www.va.gov/vetapp17/Files2/1707906.txt
NAB Little Creek has been listed as a Superfund Site by EPA. Wastes that have been generated at the Little Creek facility include: pesticides, paints, solvents, inorganics, heavy metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, mixed municipal wastes, nickel plating baths, chromic acid, silver cyanide, copper cyanide, lacquer, lacquer stripper, perchloroenthylene, sludge, soap, dyes, and degreasers. Refer to above link for further information, and yes you should consider finding an attorney to represent you. I unfortunately can not make recommendations but be sure to find a firm that has experience with veterans claims and the VA.
I was stationed at NAS Brunswick from October 1973 to July 1974. The barracks were actually built on top of the dump. The only thing I know that I have right now is Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver disease and pre-hypertension blood pressure.
Navel Station (Chaisfield) Beeville Texas Was a Superfund site. My husband worked as an Aircraft mechanic there During the Vienam war. He I believe was exposed to toxins during that time that because of daily and long time exposure would have contributed to the cause of his death(Ischemic Cardiomyapathy) He died in 2005 58 years old.
So very sorry for delayed response and sorry for your loss.