USAFSAM continues missile community cancer study in Montana

From left to right: Capt. Leigh Durden and Staff Sgt. Jesse Reed, bioenvironmental engineers from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM), collect a soil sample at a missile alert facility, or MAF, near Windham, Mont., to test for organic phosphates from pesticides, June 22, 2023. USAFSAM teams visited Malmstrom’s MAFs as part of the ongoing “Missile Community Cancer Study” at all three intercontinental ballistic missile wings in Air Force Global Strike Command. The team assessed indoor air quality at each facility to include temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide levels. They also collected water and soil samples and tested for presence of radon, polychlorinated biphenyls, organic phosphates and other potential occupational exposure hazards. USAFSAM is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo / John Turner)