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04-19-09, 11:47 PM
El Toro, California Marine Base contaminated with TCE and PCE solvents
lot of information on sites below:
A trichloroethylene (TCE) toxic plume was discovered in 1985 off of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro, California. El Toro was placed on the EPA Superfund list in 1990, closed in July 1999, and most of the land sold at a public auction in 2005. MWSG-37 (EPA Site 24) was the source of the toxic plume spreading off the base. Multiple contaminants were found on base near landfills, including radionuclides (Uranium 235, Radium 226 and Radium 228).
also includes:
Please take a few minutes to read and sign the petition at
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/cdr-melissa-mohon-usn.html. (http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/cdr-melissa-mohon-usn.html.) Please include comments relating to your service at El Toro which may be helpful to the evaluation.
also includes: A legal review and evaluation of possible injuries and deaths
related to exposure to TCE/PCE at former MCAS El Toro is underway by a Southern California law firm. Veterans, dependents, and civilian workers with injuries possibly related to exposure to TCE/PCE at former MCAS El Toro can contact Mr. Michael E. Gates, CARROLL, KELLY, TROTTER, FRANZEN & McKENNA, 111 W. Ocean Boulevard, 14th Floor, Long Beach, California 90802-4646, Telephone: (562) 432-5855. Facsimile: (562) 432-8785. megates@... (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WomenMarinesAssoc/post?postID=c4TusaUV7DgTZewQ6swybJ4Fr0fZJyH6XoPwwc 6z7Jd_pitzcq_dmD2u1cjDV15DONxtpb4WVKbmxg).
http://www.mwsg37.com/ (http://www.mwsg37.com/)
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other very informative sites:
TCE Blog
Trichloroethylene is everywhere. It causes cancer and other serious health problems. People deserve better protection
http://www.tceblog.com/tetrachloroethylene_a.k.a._perchloroethylene_ (http://www.tceblog.com/tetrachloroethylene_a.k.a._perchloroethylene_)(pce )/
Salem-News articles
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february032009/marines_ask_navy_2-1-09.php (http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february032009/marines_ask_navy_2-1-09.php)
in a nutshell, either contaminates can cause miscarriages, birth defects and illness in children, (even sprem can carry the contaminate to wife); affects the heart, brain, skin, autoimmune (such as Lupus, MS or MS type health problems, nerve damage, blood, bone, cancer of any major organs, and so on. I hope that this is helpful and also that you may help others by passing information along to others who may have been exposed.
Thank you,
Lynda K. Dokken USMC 1966-67
lot of information on sites below:
A trichloroethylene (TCE) toxic plume was discovered in 1985 off of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro, California. El Toro was placed on the EPA Superfund list in 1990, closed in July 1999, and most of the land sold at a public auction in 2005. MWSG-37 (EPA Site 24) was the source of the toxic plume spreading off the base. Multiple contaminants were found on base near landfills, including radionuclides (Uranium 235, Radium 226 and Radium 228).
also includes:
Please take a few minutes to read and sign the petition at
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/cdr-melissa-mohon-usn.html. (http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/cdr-melissa-mohon-usn.html.) Please include comments relating to your service at El Toro which may be helpful to the evaluation.
also includes: A legal review and evaluation of possible injuries and deaths
related to exposure to TCE/PCE at former MCAS El Toro is underway by a Southern California law firm. Veterans, dependents, and civilian workers with injuries possibly related to exposure to TCE/PCE at former MCAS El Toro can contact Mr. Michael E. Gates, CARROLL, KELLY, TROTTER, FRANZEN & McKENNA, 111 W. Ocean Boulevard, 14th Floor, Long Beach, California 90802-4646, Telephone: (562) 432-5855. Facsimile: (562) 432-8785. megates@... (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WomenMarinesAssoc/post?postID=c4TusaUV7DgTZewQ6swybJ4Fr0fZJyH6XoPwwc 6z7Jd_pitzcq_dmD2u1cjDV15DONxtpb4WVKbmxg).
http://www.mwsg37.com/ (http://www.mwsg37.com/)
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other very informative sites:
TCE Blog
Trichloroethylene is everywhere. It causes cancer and other serious health problems. People deserve better protection
http://www.tceblog.com/tetrachloroethylene_a.k.a._perchloroethylene_ (http://www.tceblog.com/tetrachloroethylene_a.k.a._perchloroethylene_)(pce )/
Salem-News articles
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february032009/marines_ask_navy_2-1-09.php (http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february032009/marines_ask_navy_2-1-09.php)
in a nutshell, either contaminates can cause miscarriages, birth defects and illness in children, (even sprem can carry the contaminate to wife); affects the heart, brain, skin, autoimmune (such as Lupus, MS or MS type health problems, nerve damage, blood, bone, cancer of any major organs, and so on. I hope that this is helpful and also that you may help others by passing information along to others who may have been exposed.
Thank you,
Lynda K. Dokken USMC 1966-67