Unsafe levels of likely carcinogen found at Montana nuclear missile base as hundreds report cancers
- Air Force detects unsafe levels of PCBs, a likely carcinogen, at underground launch control centers in Montana.
- Cleanup efforts ordered at Malmstrom Air Force Base due to high PCB levels found in launch facilities.
- Study launched to investigate reports of hundreds of cancer cases among troops who served at nuclear missile sites.
- At least 268 current and former missileers have self-reported cancer diagnoses over the past decades.
- Air Force is conducting widespread sampling at bases across the nuclear missile field to address health concerns raised.