Members phkrause Posted August 9, 2023 Members Share Posted August 9, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen at underground launch control centers at a Montana nuclear missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses. https://apnews.com/article/missile-bases-cancer-air-force-malmstrom-military-1999fad70393f0d141676b7faa587eda? Why this matters: Much of the infrastructure at the missile silos and control centers are decades old. Missileers have raised health concerns multiple times over the years about ventilation, water quality and potential toxins they cannot avoid as they spend up to 48 hours on duty underground. After a military briefing was obtained by The Associated Press in January showing that at least nine current or former missileers at Malmstrom Air Force Base were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine launched a study to look at cancers among the entire missile community checking for the possibility of clusters of the disease. Related coverage ➤ Military probing whether cancers linked to nuclear silo work Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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