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Every US Navy base is a toxic waste catastrophe, even the ones that have long been closed. Systemic problems in waste management on military base land stem fro
by xbar 5y ago
Every US Navy base is a toxic waste catastrophe, even the ones that have long been closed.
Systemic problems in waste management on military base land stem from defense budgets that go to fun, sexy projects and toxic waste cleanup budgets that are for civilian sites only.
Expect all 20th century Navy bases to pollute indefinitely. Hawai'i particularly sad because everyone knows what a loss it is. The death of places like the San Francisco Bay ecosystems are less visible.
- mistrial9 5y ago> the San Francisco Bay ecosystems pointers?
- edoceo 5y agoTry searching about Suisun Bay and NAS Alameda. They've had some significant pollution issues.
- Spooky23 5y agoAlmost every military base and aerospace contractor. A nearby high school is going to be a superfund site soon because after WW2, some jackass decided to just dump toxic chemicals, and the underground plume is migrating faster than the remediation efforts. If you look at a map of pollution sites, it’s pretty easy to see where defense related stuff was active 1940-1980. Look around Stanford, the old Grumman facilities on Long Island and Burlington, MA.
- Spooky23 5y agoAlmost every military base and aerospace contractor, not just navy. A nearby high school is going to be a superfund site soon because after WW2, some jackass decided to just dump toxic chemicals, and the underground plume is migrating faster than the remediation efforts. If you look at a map of pollution sites, it’s pretty easy to see where defense related stuff was active 1940-1980. Look around Stanford, the old Grumman facilities on Long Island and Burlington, MA.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoBut, but...Spiderman! And the Hulk!