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August 20, 2010 - Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, has a history of contamination on the fort's grounds. U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin recently contacted the Department of Defense (DoD) requesting they look into the contamination plaguing the fort. Further, Sen. Cardin asked the DoD to formulate a plan by December 1st showing how they plan on fixing the situation.
Getting Fort Detrick cleaned up is something people have been trying to accomplish for years. Fort Detrick is listed on the Superfund list, which is a federal program designed to clean up sites beset with hazardous waste. That Fort Detrick is contaminated in the first place is not surprising as it was the #1 site for biological warfare research between 1943 through 1969.
Sen. Cardin strongly pushed for having a deadline in order to establish a legally enforceable agreement. The deadline is necessary so that people directly affected by the contamination are given hope that something will be done. Residents living near the base are scared chemicals, including Agent Orange, will leak into the ground water thereby tainting local water supplies.
Sen. Cardin's letter to the DoD referenced a promised investigation by Fort Detrick command and asked that the investigation be performed as quickly as possible. Additionally, Sen. Cardin asked the Army to be forthcoming with the community surrounding Fort Detrick so as to encourage community participation. Spokespeople for Fort Detrick, however, say the final report from their investigation will not be released for at least another 18 months. The agreement Sen. Cardin requested, however, may very well be in place by the end of 2010.
Agent Orange has been linked to numerous nervous system problems and various cancers. Fort Detrick capped 6 landfills alone in 2009.These areas stored various chemical and biological material from the 1950's to the 1960's. It probably isn't so much an issue of whether the base is contaminated, but to what extent. The sooner the investigation is made public the better.
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