{"id":39944,"date":"2024-04-22T20:55:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T20:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/22\/few-contaminants-found-at-vandenberg-sfb-as-cancer-study-continues\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:23:04","slug":"few-contaminants-found-at-vandenberg-sfb-as-cancer-study-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/04\/22\/few-contaminants-found-at-vandenberg-sfb-as-cancer-study-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Few contaminants found at Vandenberg SFB as cancer study continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sampling for toxic substances at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, revealed no significant findings as part of an ongoing review of cancers within the Air Force\u2019s missileer community, the service announced Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force tested the air and swabbed surfaces while looking for dozens of poisonous chemicals and polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCBs, in missile alert, launch and training facilities at Vandenberg, where airmen test unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles. Researchers also sampled a deactivated alert and launch facility for the now-defunct Peacekeeper missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/04\/18\/va-may-fast-track-disability-benefits-for-air-force-missile-community\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8322109.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA may fast-track disability benefits for Air Force missile community<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Department of Veterans Affairs is considering offering easier access to disability benefits to airmen in the nuclear missile community.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tests finished in February <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/12\/04\/air-force-expanding-review-of-cancers-in-nuclear-missile-community\/\" target=\"_blank\">after Vandenberg was added to a list of nuclear missile bases<\/a> where the service is looking for carcinogens. The probe began last year after reports began surfacing that several missileers, who work underground to operate the nation\u2019s silo-based nuclear missiles, had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a blood cancer, after serving at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of cancer cases at Malmstrom, Vandenberg and other nuclear missile bases, including F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming; and Minot AFB, North Dakota, have come to light since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vandenberg is home to Air Force Global Strike Command\u2019s 377th Test and Evaluation Group, which supports missile testing, and Air Education and Training Command\u2019s 532nd Training Squadron, which trains about 450 missile operations officers and enlisted missile maintainers annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to results released Monday, three out of 116 surface swipes for PCBs, a class of chemicals used in oils, electrical components and more and which were banned more than 40 years ago, detected the carcinogen, but each was below the federal threshold for remediation of 10 micrograms per 100 square centimeters.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/03\/13\/nearly-200-cancer-cases-surface-among-missileers-in-air-force-study\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4204337.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Nearly 200 cancer cases surface among missileers in Air Force study<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">An Air Force analysis of 2.2 million airmen&#039;s medical records revealed 198 cancer cases among missileers and 5,063 cases across the wider service.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the findings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>One sample in Launch Facility 9 detected 1.53 micrograms per 100 centimeters on a surge arrester;<\/li><li>Two samples in Missile Alert Facility 1A detected 1.9 and 1.18 micrograms per centimeter on a control panel.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese sites will be labeled and access limited to these areas to further limit risk to personnel,\u201d the Air Force said in a release Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One out of 51 air tests for volatile organic compounds, gases typically found in industrial settings detected ethylene dichloride, a component found in leaded fuels and used in adhesives, fumigants and to clean textiles and degrease metal, the Air Force said, but at a level that did not require remediation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Results from a radon test, which take more time to gather, will be issued separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike testing at other nuclear missile bases, the Air Force said it did not sample soil or air at Vandenberg for organophosphates, a class of insecticides, because the base is not located near agriculture and uses municipal water.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/08\/30\/air-force-cleaning-up-likely-carcinogens-found-at-3-missile-bases\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maf.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force cleaning up likely carcinogens found at 3 missile bases<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">All areas that tested positive for polychlorinated biphenyls, regardless of how contaminated, are undergoing remediation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force in March released results of a second round of sampling at active nuclear missile bases, which did not reveal significant contamination. A third seasonal round is underway that will not include<b> <\/b>Vandenberg, Col. Tory Woodard, commander of the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, which is running the study, told Air Force Times in an email. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s because the base\u2019s missile training facilities are not occupied around-the-clock like the others, and central California\u2019s weather doesn\u2019t fluctuate much throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLike all bases involved in the study, though, Vandenberg will continue to have environmental sampling and monitoring performed in the future,\u201d Woodard said. \u201cThese future efforts will be driven by the findings of current epidemiology and environmental sampling efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results in March came as the Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/03\/13\/nearly-200-cancer-cases-surface-among-missileers-in-air-force-study\/\" target=\"_blank\">released findings<\/a> from the first of several phases in a study to determine if missileers and the community that supports them have been disproportionately diagnosed with cancer. While initial data does not support that theory, the service wants to look through more medical records before drawing conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLeadership remains committed to a comprehensive, science-based, transparent [missile community cancer study] serving our nuclear force and families,\u201d Air Force Global Strike Command Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. 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