Earth Activism

Contaminated landfills at Fort Detrick are poisoning military families and have caused a number of cancer cases at the DC area military base where officials acknowledge that chemicals were improperly disposed in ground water for decades.

The discovery of heavy metals and other dangerous chemicals such as Agent Orange way back in 1976 continues today with more than 100 cancer deaths attributed to living on the contaminated base and drinking the public water. To this day  people are living on the base and to this very day they are still getting sick.

Can anyone explain to me how dying from cancer is a noble sacrifice for a US soldier to make?
 

Contaminated Landfills Capped At Ft. Detrick | WUSA9.com | Washington, DC |

FREDERICK, Md. (WUSA) -- Hundreds of families say their loved ones are dying from cancer, and they blame contaminants coming from Fort Detrick. "These chemicals were buried in the '50s and '60s. They did leak into the ground water. And we now know they have migrated downstream and have in fact gone off post," says Robert Craig, the Environmental Coordinator at Ft. Detrick.

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