Military Base Contamination in Maryland
6 installations in Maryland are profiled on this site for documented environmental contamination. Each page covers what was found, the cleanup status, and the health concerns for those who served there.
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, an Army testing installation since 1917, has documented solvent, heavy metal and chemical agent contamination and includes two EPA Superfund sites.
Fort Detrick
Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland is home to an EPA Superfund site where TCE and PCE from buried laboratory wastes contaminated groundwater and nearby residential wells.
Fort George G. Meade
Fort George G. Meade, the Maryland Army post that hosts NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, was added to the EPA Superfund list in 1998 after TCE, solvents, and later PFAS were found in groundwater.
Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center
An active Navy energetics R&D site in Charles County, Maryland, added to the EPA Superfund National Priorities List in 1995.
Joint Base Andrews (Naval Air Facility Washington)
Joint Base Andrews in Maryland is an NPL Superfund site where PFAS from firefighting foam has affected groundwater.
Naval Air Station Patuxent River
PFAS, firefighting foam, solvents, and heavy metals have been documented at this Maryland Superfund-listed naval aviation test center on the Chesapeake Bay.