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El Toro Buried Drums of Toxic Chemicals

Information was reported to the Navy, who ignored the need to search for the drums.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - El Toro employees buried 55 gallon drums of toxic chemicals to avoid Marine Corps Inspector General inspections and, in the case of half-empty drums, to support the need for ordering full drums of TCE/PCE.

TCE/PCE was used for decades on the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California. These chemicals were used as degreasers for aircraft parts and for various other purposes.

Irvine City Council Wrestles El Toro Marines Over Deadly Toxins

The informational awareness of Irvine, California took a big step forward this week.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - The dangerous toxicity of the El Toro Marine base was a large focus of this week's Irvine City Council meeting.

Council Members Christina Shea and Steven Choi are drawing attention to unaddressed questions about the proposed Great Park that they believe are very serious.

MCAS El Toro: Email Exchange Highlights Informational Roadblock

Proof that the committee overseeing the remediation of the environmental impacts from the closed El Toro Marine base, is simply not going to provide information to the public that it is legally bound to deliver.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - This is an email exchange between Salem-News.com's Roger Butow and Bob Woodings, city engineer in Lake Forest, California, regarding the reconfiguration of the old El Toro Marine base.

The old air station is highly contaminated according to the federal EPA which listed the base as an EPA 'Superfund site' in 1990...

The Marines Have Landed in Irvine

Too many dead and walking wounded; El Toro's dark side moving toward the light.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - Hundreds of Marines have contacted Salem-News.com since we started writing about the serious health concerns at the old, now-closed El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Irvine.

These needs of El Toro veterans are mostly unrepresented; they now have a friend on the Irvine City Council, Christina Shea, and that is good, because sometimes even warriors need a hero.

El Toro Marine Dead from Chemical Exposure

VA agrees that Marine’s death was caused by exposure to Agent Orange and benzene at MCAS El Toro. Marine’s widow awarded Dependent Indemnity Compensation (DIC) from the VA.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - A Marine veteran’s widow was awarded compensation for the death of her husband from progressive small lymphocytic lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia caused by exposure to burnings at four landfills on former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California.

El Toro: The Perfect Environmental Crime

The Navy had the opportunity to inspect all of the wells before sealing them in concrete.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - The death knell for Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California, once the premier Marine Corps air station, was sounded in 1985 when trichloroethylene (TCE) was found in three wells during a routine well inspection by the Orange County Water District (OCWD). Two wells were off the base, the other on the base.

The Navy spent hundreds of millions in remediation of soil and groundwater contamination. Even so, the $650 million from the sale of base had to put them in the black.

Irvine Great Park Inherits Contaminants

Irvine Ranch and MCAS El Toro Residual Pesticides & Herbicides Persist.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - Recent scuttlebutt regarding the Superfund cleanup of former MCAS El Toro is that much of the hardscape will remain in place. Apparently it’s being given some spin by Larry Agran’s ass-covering minions as the homage (tribute) to the historical military use of the site, leaving the runways and possibly even entire arterial streets and sidewalks intact.

That’s PR for you when the people in charge have big marketing budgets provided on the backs of taxpayers.

El Toro`s Base Wells, Putting Together the Puzzle

The Navy denies any contamination of the base water supply, despite evidence of contamination in at least two wells.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - The death knell for MCAS El Toro, California, once the premier Marine Corps air station, was sounded in 1985 when trichloroethylene (TCE) was found in three wells during a routine well inspection.

Misplacement of well screens in the shallow contaminated aquifer allowed corrosive salts into the wells and water supply system and increasing the risk of organic solvents like TCE, PCE, vinyl chloride, and benzene entering the base water supply.

El Toro`s Unwanted Legacy: Toxic Chemicals

Marines at El Toro were exposed to toxic chemicals, none were notified.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - I don’t believe in ghosts. If I ran into one or two, maybe I’d change my mind.

The stories of lights in the former Marine Corps Air Stations El Toro’s control tower when the power was cut off in July 1999 may be just someone’s wild imagination or I guess if you believe in paranormal activity, maybe the ghosts of Marines who served on the base and returned to haunt the place. No question there’s good reasons for haunting the place.

Irvine Councilwoman Christina Shea Speaks Out on Environmental Mess at El Toro

An environmentally sensitive politician from the GOP steps up to expose Irvine's Toxic Cocktail.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Never believe there isn't reason for hope. The old Marine Corps air base in Orange County, El Toro, is a huge political liability, that isn't necessarily a big secret, but new attention is being drawn to this fact by one of Irvine's city leaders, Councilwoman Christina Shea.

She is coming out swinging with allegations of cover ups, wasted taxpayer funds and major concerns about the health of people who once lived on the base, or today live near it.