[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, MUNITIONS: Vieques lawsuit

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Island residents sue U.S., saying military made them sick

By Abbie Boudreau and Scott Bronstein,
CNN Special Investigations Unit
February 1, 2010


Vieques, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- Nearly 40 years ago, Hermogenes Marrero 
was a teenage U.S. Marine, stationed as a security guard on the tiny 
American island of Vieques, off the coast of Puerto Rico.

Marrero says he's been sick ever since. At age 57, the former Marine 
sergeant is nearly blind, needs an oxygen tank, has Lou Gehrig's disease 
and crippling back problems, and sometimes needs a wheelchair.

"I'd go out to the firing range, and sometimes I'd start bleeding 
automatically from my nose," he said in an interview to air on Monday 
night's "Campbell Brown."

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For the entire story, see
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/02/01/vieques.illness/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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