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1. www.militarytimes.com · veterans · 2022/02/23Did polluted Fort Ord make veterans ill? They demand answers.

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   Feb 23, 2022 · Pentagon & Congress. Did polluted Fort Ord make veterans ill? They demand answers. By Martha Mendoza, The Associated Press, Juliet Linderman and Jason Dearen. Feb 23, 2022. AP’s review of...

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4. apnews.com · article · health-environment-and-natureWhat Lies Beneath: Key findings of AP’s investigation

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   Feb 23, 2022 · The Associated Press reviewed thousands of pages of documents, interviewed nearly two dozen veterans and consulted military, medical and environmental scientists as it investigated the connection between toxic substances at California’s Fort Ord and illnesses among those who lived and worked there.

5. www.militarytimes.com · veterans · 2024/05/26Exposed to Agent Orange at US bases, vets face cancer without ...

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   May 26, 2024 · Veterans stationed at Fort Ord in California said they were exposed to Agent Orange, leading to serious health conditions, including cancer. (Noah Berger/AP)

6. www.montereycountynow.com · news · local_newsThe VA rejects evidence Agent Orange was used at Fort Ord ...

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   Jul 18, 2024 · Convinced her time living on the former Fort Ord led to her diagnosis of multiple myeloma, U.S. Army veteran Julie Akey formed a Facebook group in 2019 called “Cancer and illnesses from Fort Ord, CA military base.”

7. www.ksbw.com · article · what-lies-beneath-vetsWhat Lies Beneath: Vets worry Fort Ord polluted base made ...

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   Feb 23, 2022 · For nearly 80 years, recruits reporting to central California’s Fort Ord considered themselves the lucky ones, privileged to live and work amid sparkling seas, sandy dunes and sage-covered...

8. apnews.com · article · health-california-veteransCDC to conduct health study at polluted former Army base

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   Nov 9, 2022 · Federal health officials are conducting a new study to determine whether veterans once stationed at a now-shuttered California military base were exposed to dangerously high levels of cancer-causing toxins.

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   Does Fort Ord have a Facebook group for veterans with cancer?

   • Akey started a Facebook group for Fort Ord veterans with cancer. The number has grown to nearly 1,000. In 1990, four years before it began the process of closing as an active military base, Fort Ord was added to the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of the most polluted places in the nation.

   CDC to conduct health study at polluted former Army base

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   Does Fort Ord have cancer?

   • Akey and others hope the new study will find a link between their cancers and their time at Fort Ord, allowing them to get care and benefits. Fort Ord is among the most polluted places in the U.S.; decades after serving, a cluster of Fort Ord veterans have been diagnosed with rare cancers.

   CDC opens probe after Fort Ord vets fall sick in mystery cancer cluster

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   Was Fort Ord toxic?

   • The Associated Press reviewed thousands of pages of documents, interviewed nearly two dozen veterans and consulted military, medical and environmental scientists as it investigated the connection between toxic substances at California’s Fort Ord and illnesses among those who lived and worked there. Key findings of the AP investigation:

   What Lies Beneath: Key findings of AP’s investigation

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   How many Fort Ord veterans have a Facebook group?

   • Akey started a Facebook group for Fort Ord veterans suffering from cancers; the number of members has swelled to nearly 1,000. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) FILE - Rusted barrels rest outside barracks at Fort Ord on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Fort Ord, Calif.

   CDC to conduct health study at polluted former Army base

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10. www.thecalifornian.com · story · newsCDC opens probe after Fort Ord vets fall sick in mystery ...

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    Nov 9, 2022 · The decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes nine months after an Associated Press investigation found that drinking water at Fort Ord contained toxic chemicals and that...