Perhaps we should learn back from what happened in Iraq
https://theintercept.com/2019/11/25/iraq-children-birth-defects-military/
That article from the radical left source you prefer to use against America and our military is claimed about any and all pollutants from the American military.
Here is the source.
Editorial Agenda:
Environmentalist Socialism
Anti-Anti-Terrorism
Bias against Republicans
“The Intercept is a left wing news website financially supported by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. It was co-founded in 2014 by left wing journalist Jeremy Scahill, lawyer and journalist Glenn Greenwald, and documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras.”
https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/the-intercept/