A former Air Force base in California, abandoned for 32 years due to toxic chemical contamination, serves as a chilling reminder of the potential health hazards faced by thousands who lived and worked there. The site, once bustling with activity, now stands desolate, riddled with debris and graffiti, highlighting the lasting impact of environmental negligence.
A former Air Force base responsible for potentially exposing hundreds of thousands to toxic chemicals is now a desolate wasteland that has remained abandoned in California for 32 years.of George Air Force Base shows housing complexes, medical buildings, recreational facilities and other areas abandoned and riddled with debris, graffiti and broken glass with windows shattered, doors broken, ceilings caved in and walls destroyed.
'Border czar' Kamala Harris panned for wearing reported $62K necklace to southern border: 'You look ridiculous'Accessing Adams' locked phone will be 'monumentally difficult' for feds: experts The base, about 50 miles north of San Bernadino, was designated a Superfund site in 1990, leading to its closure two years later, due the water and soil contaminated with 33 hazardous and radioactive chemicals, including jet fuel and trichloroethylene, according to the EPA.
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