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In Yigo, the northernmost village in Guam, there is a well that cannot be shut down. <\/p>\n

Known as Y-15, the well sits atop the island\u2019s northern aquifer, which supplies around 80% of the island\u2019s drinking water. Even if contaminants are detected, Y-15 has to keep pumping. There is simply no alternative. <\/p>\n

The well also sits just below a hill near Upi Elementary School \u2014 attended by around 400 children \u2014 and just outside the back gates of Andersen Air Force Base, which hangs over the community like a permanent shadow. Generations of Indigenous CHamoru families have called Yigo home, relying on these waters for drinking, cooking, and other daily activities.<\/p>\n

But in September 2025, one such family learned that the well supplying their home of 17 years was contaminated with high levels of dieldrin, a pesticide once widely used on crops and for termite control beginning in the 1950s. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which classifies dieldrin as a probable human carcinogen, banned all uses of the pesticide in 1987 over concerns about its damage to the environment and links to serious health effects, including cancer, Parkinson\u2019s disease, and reproductive issues such as decreased fertility and increased numbers of stillbirths. Because dieldrin accumulates in the body, long-term exposure \u2014 even in small amounts \u2014 can cause serious harm, according to the EPA. <\/p>\n

More than 1,200 residents of Yigo were told not to drink water from Y-15 because of dieldrin contamination.<\/p>\n

The news hit Leevin Camacho, the homeowner who learned of the contamination, with a mix of anger and fear. He thought immediately of his two young sons. Although members of his family don\u2019t drink straight from the tap, the water touches nearly everything they do: cooking meals, brushing their teeth, showering at the end of long, humid days. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we were there feeding our kids, doing a lot of stuff, there was pesticide in the water,\u201d he told Prism<\/em> in November. <\/p>\n

Camacho knew his family could adjust to the \u201cdo not drink\u201d order issued by Yigo officials. As a lawyer and former attorney general of Guam who grew up in a military household, he had the resources to install a costly home filtration system or buy bottled water each week. But he worried about everyone else in Yigo \u2014 especially fellow CHamorus who, unlike him, didn\u2019t have as many options. <\/p>\n

Dieldrin is just one piece of a much larger and troubling environmental legacy in Guam. <\/p>\n

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) \u2014 better known as \u201cforever chemicals\u201d \u2014 have also been detected across the island\u2019s water systems. These compounds can persist in soil and groundwater for decades, and they have been linked to a range of health effects, including cancer, immune and thyroid dysfunction, liver and kidney disease, and serious reproductive issues. <\/p>\n

For Monaeka Flores, an advocate with the grassroots environmental organization Prutehi Gu\u00e5han, the island\u2019s environmental problems are inseparable from the military buildup that has reshaped the island. From hazardous waste dumping, base construction, and open-air detonations of munitions to live-fire exercises in sensitive habitats, advocates say that Guam\u2019s land and water bear the toxic legacy of the U.S. military.<\/p>\n

\u201cQuestions That We Couldn\u2019t Answer\u201d <\/h2>\n

In September 2025, local officials gathered Yigo residents at a village gymnasium to share the alarming details of their water\u2019s contamination: Dieldrin at the Yigo well measured 1.76 micrograms per liter \u2014 more than eight times the threshold that Guam EPA considers within the acceptable cancer-risk range. Two other wells on the island also showed elevated levels of the pesticide, though not as high as the one in Yigo. Unlike Y-15, these two wells were shut down. <\/p>\n

Once the information was made public, Yigo Mayor Frances Lizama said her phone rang nonstop. <\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the calls were about health, about when we are going to get our safe drinking water \u2014 questions that we couldn\u2019t answer,\u201d Lizama said during an interview at her office late last year. <\/p>\n

The discovery also raised questions about the timing of when residents were told dieldrin was in their drinking water. <\/p>\n

Dieldrin has been detected in Guam\u2019s groundwater for years. In 2012, the EPA notified Guam authorities of its presence in several wells. But because dieldrin is not federally regulated in drinking water, there was no standard requiring utilities to take action or issue a public warning. Guam EPA and Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA), the public utility that manages Guam\u2019s water and wastewater systems, said the issue was discussed in public meetings before September 2025. <\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until 2024 that Guam EPA approved \u201cInterim Action Levels\u201d for dieldrin \u2014 essentially a trigger for warning the public. The standard, which only took effect on Aug. 1, 2025, required the public to be notified of any exceedance within 30 days. If pesticide levels surpass the short-term health advisory level of 0.5 parts per billion, customers are required to be notified within a day. GWA was notified on July 30 that samples showed levels well above the threshold. <\/p>\n

However, it took the agency more than a month to issue an advisory. Capt. Elizabeth DeGrange, a senior science adviser with Guam EPA, attributed the gap to the Interim Action Level\u2019s unclear wording regarding next steps.<\/p>\n

Guam officials got to work treating the Y-15 well water using granular activated carbon filtration, which traps the chemicals as water passes through tanks filled with highly porous carbon granules. In November, the Guam EPA lifted the \u201cdo not drink\u201d advisory when dieldrin was no longer detected in the water. But for many residents, the crisis is far from over. During a Senate hearing in December, the Guam EPA said that 33 of the island\u2019s 120 wells still have detectable levels of dieldrin, but they are currently below regulatory limits. <\/p>\n

Camacho\u2019s law firm helped file around 800 claims against GWA and Guam EPA, \u200b\u200bseeking a total of $167.5 million in damages over dieldrin contamination of the Y-15 well. Most of the claims remain under review. The agencies have six months to respond, Camacho said. If the government rejects the claims or fails to respond within the statutory period, a lawsuit may be filed. <\/p>\n

Today, the source of the contamination remains officially unconfirmed. Guam EPA has not identified a definitive origin and warned that tracing one may be nearly impossible, but the agency told senators in January that Andersen Air Force Base is a potential source of the contamination.<\/p>\n

The Joint Region Marianas (JRM), which oversees Andersen Air Force Base, is \u201ccommitted to a thorough, science-based investigation into the source of dieldrin contamination,\u201d spokesperson Kristina Wiedemann told Prism<\/em> in an email. \u201cJRM will continue working closely with federal and local regulatory agencies throughout the process and will use the results to inform any appropriate future actions.\u201d <\/p>\n

The U.S. military\u2019s existing footprint in Guam and its continued expansion remains an ongoing threat to the island\u2019s environment, advocates told Prism. <\/p>\n

The Long Arc of Colonization<\/h2>\n

While Guam is only 30 miles long and nine miles wide, the U.S. Defense Department controls roughly a quarter of its land \u2014 and military expansion is accelerating. Much of the military buildup on the island is justified on the grounds of national security as the U.S. seeks to strengthen its position in the Pacific amid tensions with China and North Korea. <\/p>\n

A missile defense system designed to protect the territory from potential outside threats, live-firing range complex, and new Marine Corps base are currently in the works. The buildup could also expose more people to potential environmental contamination. Roughly 10,000 active-duty personnel, their dependents, and government civilians are expected to arrive by 2036. <\/p>\n

Before Guam became a \u201cstrategic outpost\u201d for the U.S., it was a constellation of small villages where the Indigenous people of the Marianas cultivated taro, breadfruit, and avocados, fished the surrounding seas and inland streams, and lived in homes built on latte stone pillars. Then, a long arc of colonization occurred: first under Spain in 1668, then the U.S. in 1898, followed by a violent Japanese occupation in World War II, until American troops fought their way back. After the war, the U.S. military buried large volumes of munitions and other waste in places such as Mongmong-Toto-Maite, often without informing the people who lived there.<\/p>\n

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One of those families was the Leon Guerreros. Victoria Leon Guerrero grew up in Toto, unaware that the soil she played in with her cousins and harvested avocados from was laced with hazardous military debris. In 2008, after her brother unearthed an unexploded bomb in their yard, the Army Corps of Engineers tested their land. The results revealed contamination from lead, arsenic, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) \u2014 chemicals linked to a range of health risks, including birth defects, developmental delays, and cancers.<\/p>\n

The pollution was personal. <\/p>\n

Guerrero\u2019s first child was born with a rare abdominal wall defect and lived only eight hours. She has long wondered whether growing up on heavily contaminated land played a role. Several of her relatives have also been diagnosed with cancers. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur lives are regularly put at risk in very serious ways,\u201d said Guerrero, who is leading decolonization efforts on the island. \u201cWe only learn about it after the fact, when it becomes a crisis. And even in those instances, there\u2019s no apology, no accountability. There\u2019s just speculation that it\u2019s somehow connected to the military presence.\u201d <\/p>\n

What is unfolding in Guam is not happening in isolation. <\/p>\n

From Okinawa, Japan to the Marshall Islands and the Diego Garcia military base in the Chagos Archipelago, communities living near U.S. military bases have documented patterns of environmental harm, including contamination linked to toxic chemicals and hazardous waste. <\/p>\n

There is \u201cvery significant environmental damage\u201d due to leaks and the military\u2019s accidental \u2014 or sometimes intentional \u2014 dumping of hazardous, toxic materials, said David Vine, a political anthropologist and author of \u201cBase Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a clear pattern across the network of bases in the Pacific and around the world, including the 50 states,\u201d he told Prism <\/p>\n

Guam\u2019s many environmental problems are concentrated around military bases, the island\u2019s airport, and sites where firefighting occurred. As just one example: A major source of PFAS contamination on the island is the powerful fire suppressant known as Aqueous Film Forming Foam, which is used to extinguish jet fuel fires.<\/p>\n

Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), a forever chemical in the PFAS class, was also detected in Guam\u2019s public water systems. GWA estimates that 34 production wells may require PFAS treatment under the EPA\u2019s new standards, which sets a limit of 4 parts per trillion for two of the most common PFAS compounds.<\/p>\n

Advocates also point to yet another environmental problem on the island: the military\u2019s open-air burning and detonation of excess or obsolete munitions on Tarague Beach, a stretch of northern Guam between the Pacific Ocean and dense jungle that is the ancestral land of CHamoru people. Like the well where high dieldrin levels were detected, the site sits directly above the island\u2019s primary freshwater source. <\/p>\n

While no open burning has occurred there since 2002, the Air Force has continued detonating hazardous waste explosives at the site. This open burning and detonation of munitions releases toxic contaminants, including lead, arsenic, and PFAS into the air, soil, and groundwater, according to advocates. Runoff can also reach the ocean, threatening the families who gather on nearby beaches and fish at culturally significant coastal sites.<\/p>\n

Last year, Prutehi Gu\u00e5han, represented by Earthjustice, sued the Air Force and the Department of Defense over these harmful practices. The group argues the agencies failed to evaluate the cultural and environmental impacts of open-air disposal or consider safer alternatives. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case this October. The case comes as the high court has narrowed the scope of federal environmental review. Notably, last year SCOTUS limited the environmental impacts agencies are required to consider under the National Environmental Policy Act.<\/p>\n

Restoring Sovereignty <\/h2>\n

The environmental harms to Guam\u2019s waters and landscapes are inseparable from the military presence and the island\u2019s political status as a U.S. territory. As such, Guam has little agency over the placement and operation of military installations. <\/p>\n

This includes what\u2019s known to the CHamoru people as Litekyan, one of the island\u2019s most culturally and environmentally significant places. More broadly known as Ritidian, it is located 30 minutes from Guam\u2019s capital. Its pristine white sand beaches, ancient limestone forests, and endangered species, including the Mariana fruit bat and the eight-spot butterfly, set it apart from the rest of the island. <\/p>\n

But on the trail leading to the shoreline, the forest is eerily silent \u2014 no birdsong, only the sound of waves breaking in the distance. That silence reflects the toll invasive brown tree snakes have taken on Guam\u2019s native bird population. The snakes were accidentally introduced to Guam in the 1940s via U.S. military transport after World War II.<\/p>\n

To reach the beach, visitors must now pass through the wildlife refuge gate and drive past warning signs about nearby Marine training activities. For Maria Hernandez, Litekyan is more than a protected landscape; it is her family\u2019s ancestral home. The road leading to the beach was once paved by her great-grandfather. <\/p>\n

\u201cHis lemmai trees are still there,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re bearing fruit, so it\u2019s a symbol of resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

But in the early 1960s, the U.S. Navy seized her family\u2019s land. In 1993, the property was handed over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a wildlife refuge. Today, the area is facing new threats: The U.S. military has built a missile firing range in the middle of the ancient forest and plans to designate parts of Litekyan as a \u201cSurface Danger Zone\u201d for a live-fire training range complex. <\/p>\n

The military\u2019s proposed expansion would only further restrict CHamoru families\u2019 remaining access to land and waters. \u201cThese are some of the most pristine waters,\u201d Hernandez said, noting that the military could block fishers from accessing the water for more 263 days each year. <\/p>\n

The JRM told Prism in an emailed statement that it takes residents\u2019 concerns about the environmental impacts of military activities seriously, and that the agency is \u201ccommitted to responsible environmental stewardship and working with federal and local regulatory agencies to protect human health and the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Activists, community leaders, and CHamoru families increasingly frame their struggle against the military\u2019s pollution and contamination not only as an effort to protect fragile ecosystems, but also as a broader fight for demilitarization and decolonization. They are demanding both the removal of militarized infrastructure and the restoration of sovereignty over their ancestral lands.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only true way to protect the environment is to truly have sovereignty, to have voice and power, to not be unincorporated or a territory of another place, but to be able to really own and protect our lands and waters with full voice,\u201d said Victoria Leon-Guerrero, whose home had been found to be surrounded by contaminated soil. \u201cAs long as we don\u2019t have that, this environmental degradation will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The main options for Guam\u2019s political status are statehood, free association, or independence. <\/p>\n

For Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, a distant relative of Victoria Leon-Guerrero, Guam must carefully weigh whether it can manage itself independently. \u201cWe have to say to ourselves: Are we ready? Do we have the capability? Do we have the capacity? Do we have the competency to do that on our own without our federal support?\u201d she said. \u201cWe have to think about that.\u201d <\/p>\n

Victoria Leon Guerrero, however, believes that attempting independence is worth pursuing, even if the transition is difficult. Other nations, such as the Philippines, have faced similar challenges. Beyond the political definition, independence for Leon Guerrero means choice. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt allows us the ability to truly protect who we are,\u201d she said, \u201cto truly protect the inherent relationship between the CHamoru people and these lands and waters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editorial Team:<\/em>
Tina Vasquez, Lead Editor<\/em>
Lara Witt, Top Editor<\/em>
Rashmee Kumar, Copy Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

Prism is an independent and nonprofit newsroom led by journalists of color. We report from the ground up and at the intersections of injustice.<\/em><\/p>\n

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