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Adak Island is adjacent to and overlying a zone at the boundary of the Pacific and the North American tectonic plates.
U.S. forces responded by establishing bases on Adak and Amchitka in the central Aleutians to bring their reconnaissance planes, bombers, and fighters within closer striking distance to those westernmost islands.
Adak and Amchitka bases were pivotal in launching assaults that eventually ended in a nearly three-week land battle by Allied Forces to retake Attu.
ATSDR evaluated the likelihood for children living in the downtown area on Adak to be exposed to contaminants at levels that pose a health hazard.
Adak was used as a major staging area for bombing against the Japanese on the islands of Attu and Kiska during WWII.
ATSDR has evaluated potential future public health issues on Adak Island by integrating the land uses described in the preferred alternative for redevelopment with information on the types and concentrations of hazardous substances, explosive and physical hazards that will be left in the soils, sediments, groundwater, and surface waters.
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