For decades, U.S. service members have lived, trained, and worked on military installations later designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as Superfund sites. These bases contain confirmed contamination from toxic chemicals including PFAS, industrial solvents (such as TCE and PCE), fuels, pesticides, heavy metals, and burn‑pit residues.

Under current law, only certain locations — such as Camp Lejeune — receive presumptive status, meaning veterans do not have to prove the connection between their exposure and their illness. However, many other contaminated bases have documented toxic hazards equal to or greater than those at Camp Lejeune.

We, the undersigned, call for a simple and fair national standard: 
If the EPA designates a military base as a Superfund site, then veterans who served there should automatically receive presumptive toxic‑exposure status from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

EPA Superfund designation already confirms that a base contains hazardous contamination. Veterans should not have to fight for years, gather thousands of pages of medical records, or pay for private medical opinions to prove what the EPA has already documented.

This petition asks lawmakers and federal agencies to adopt a unified rule:

EPA Superfund designation = automatic VA presumptive toxic exposure for veterans who served on that installation.

This standard would ensure equal treatment for all veterans exposed to toxic hazards on contaminated military bases, regardless of location or era of service.

Veterans deserve recognition, fairness, and access to the benefits they earned.

We respectfully urge federal leadership to adopt this policy.