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Military Toxic Exposure Map

Search military installations for documented environmental hazards, chemicals, contaminated water, PFAS, herbicides, radiation, burn pits and other potential military exposures. Compare documented periods with the dates you served.

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Showing 29 of 29 installations with documented environmental hazards.

Interactive installation map

Select a marker to see the documented hazards at that installation. Markers show locations with credible government documentation of contamination, hazardous-material use, testing, storage, release, or cleanup.

Installations

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA

Two base water systems were contaminated with industrial solvents and fuel components; VA and Congress established benefits tied to this location and period.

Marine Corps
Navy
Contaminated drinking water
VA presumptive location
MCAS New River

Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA

Served by Camp Lejeune water systems during the documented contamination period.

Marine Corps
Contaminated drinking water
VA presumptive location
Fort McClellan

Anniston, Alabama, USA

Former home of the Army Chemical School; VA acknowledges possible exposure to PCBs, radiological compounds, and chemical warfare agents used in training.

Army
National Guard
PCBs
Chemical agents
Radiation
Fort Detrick (Area B)

Frederick, Maryland, USA

EPA Superfund site: former disposal areas contaminated groundwater with industrial solvents; historic biological research mission.

Army
TCE / PCE and industrial solvents
Biological agents
George Air Force Base (former)

Victorville, California, USA

Closed Air Force base on the Superfund National Priorities List for solvent and fuel contamination, with later PFAS detections.

Air Force
TCE / PCE and industrial solvents
PFAS / PFOA / PFOS

One of the earliest and most studied PFAS contamination sites at a U.S. military installation.

Air Force
PFAS / PFOA / PFOS
TCE / PCE and industrial solvents
Pease Air Force Base / Pease Tradeport

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA

A drinking water well was closed in 2014 after PFAS detections; the site anchors a federal PFAS health study.

Air Force
National Guard
PFAS / PFOA / PFOS
McClellan Air Force Base (former)

Sacramento, California, USA

Major depot maintenance base placed on the Superfund National Priorities List for solvents, metals, fuels, and radiological materials.

Air Force
TCE / PCE and industrial solvents
Radiation
Hill Air Force Base

Ogden, Utah, USA

Active depot installation on the Superfund National Priorities List for solvent, fuel, and chemical disposal areas.

Air Force
TCE / PCE and industrial solvents
Benzene and fuels
Fort Ord (former)

Monterey County, California, USA

Closed Army installation on the Superfund National Priorities List for solvent-contaminated groundwater and munitions areas.

Army
TCE / PCE and industrial solvents

Depot maintenance operations produced a large off-base solvent groundwater plume under cleanup.

Air Force
TCE / PCE and industrial solvents
Naval Air Station Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Superfund installation with documented solvent, PCB, and PFAS contamination from aircraft maintenance and fire training.

Navy
PCBs
PFAS / PFOA / PFOS
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (former)

San Francisco, California, USA

Former shipyard and radiological defense laboratory; Superfund site with radiological, solvent, PCB, and asbestos issues.

Navy
Radiation
Asbestos
Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Historic shipyard with documented asbestos, lead, PCB, and metals contamination under federal cleanup.

Navy
Asbestos
Lead

Superfund installation with solvent, fuel, PCB, and PFAS issues; VA recognizes herbicide exposure in Guam for a defined period.

Air Force
Agent Orange and tactical herbicides
TCE / PCE and industrial solvents
VA presumptive location
Enewetak Atoll

Marshall Islands

Nuclear test site and later radiological cleanup mission recognized by VA as a radiation-risk activity.

Army
Navy
Air Force
Joint / Multiple
Radiation
VA presumptive location
Palomares

Almería, Spain

Site of a 1966 aircraft accident that released plutonium; VA recognizes it as a radiation-risk activity.

Air Force
Radiation
VA presumptive location

1968 aircraft accident released nuclear material; VA recognizes the cleanup as a radiation-risk activity.

Air Force
Radiation
VA presumptive location

Former Soviet base used by U.S. forces after 2001; DoD documented fuel, solvent, chemical, and radiological contamination.

Army
Air Force
Joint / Multiple
Other documented environmental contaminants
Burn pits and airborne hazards
VA presumptive location

Operated one of the largest documented military open-air burn pits during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Air Force
Army
Joint / Multiple
Burn pits and airborne hazards
VA presumptive location
Bagram Airfield

Parwan Province, Afghanistan

Major deployment hub with documented burn pit operations and high regional particulate matter.

Army
Air Force
Joint / Multiple
Burn pits and airborne hazards
VA presumptive location
Da Nang Air Base

Da Nang, Vietnam

Herbicide storage and handling hub during the Vietnam War; a recognized dioxin hotspot under joint U.S.–Vietnam cleanup.

Air Force
Marine Corps
Joint / Multiple
Agent Orange and tactical herbicides
VA presumptive location

VA recognizes possible herbicide exposure along Thai base perimeters during the Vietnam era.

Air Force
Agent Orange and tactical herbicides
VA presumptive location
Korean Demilitarized Zone

Republic of Korea

Herbicides were applied along the DMZ; VA recognizes a presumptive exposure period for service there.

Army
Marine Corps
Joint / Multiple
Agent Orange and tactical herbicides
VA presumptive location
Johnston Atoll

Pacific Ocean (U.S. territory)

Storage and disposal site for Agent Orange and later chemical weapons destruction operations.

Air Force
Army
Joint / Multiple
Agent Orange and tactical herbicides
Chemical agents
VA presumptive location
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

Oceanside, California, USA

Superfund installation with documented landfill, solvent, pesticide, and fuel contamination areas.

Marine Corps
Other documented environmental contaminants
Pesticides

Massachusetts Military Reservation Superfund site with fuel, solvent, and PFAS plumes affecting a sole-source aquifer.

Air Force
National Guard
Army
Benzene and fuels
PFAS / PFOA / PFOS
Kirtland Air Force Base

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Site of a large documented jet fuel release affecting groundwater near a municipal well field.

Air Force
Benzene and fuels
Tinker Air Force Base

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Air Logistics Complex on the Superfund National Priorities List for solvent and metal-plating waste.

Air Force
TCE / PCE and industrial solvents

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VA Presumptive Conditions

PACT Act, Agent Orange, Gulf War, and Camp Lejeune presumptions explained.

VA Secondary Conditions

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VA Disability Conditions

Rating criteria, Diagnostic Codes, and the evidence VA considers.

Frequently asked questions

Does serving at a base on this map mean I was exposed?

No. The map shows installations where government sources document an environmental hazard, contaminant, or hazardous-material activity. That does not establish that any individual veteran was personally exposed or that a medical condition is service connected.

What is the difference between a documented hazard and a VA presumptive exposure?

A documented hazard means a government source recorded contamination, testing, storage, release, or cleanup at a location. A VA presumptive exposure means VA has formally established that qualifying service at a location during a defined period is presumed to involve exposure. Only a few locations and periods carry a VA presumption.

Where does the information come from?

Records cite public U.S. government sources including VA, VA Public Health, the Department of Defense and Health.mil, EPA and EPA Superfund, and ATSDR. Each record includes a View Official Source link.

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