[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, HEALTH: Massachusetts vets and Canadian base defoliants

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More local veterans reporting possible poisoning from Gagetown training

By Ashley Studley
MetroWest Daily News (MA)
February 21, 2010

Some sick Massachusetts veterans are wondering if their medical 
conditions are linked to time spent at a training camp in New Brunswick, 
after reading a Daily News report last week about toxic defoliants used 
at the Canadian base.

Documents show millions of liters of the chemical defoliants Agent 
Orange, Purple or White were sprayed over thousands of acres of Canadian 
Forces Base Gagetown from 1956 to 1984, potentially exposing the 
Canadian, American and British soldiers who trained there.

"It's not surprising," said George Cameron, department service officer 
for the Massachusetts American Legion. "A lot of stuff happens in the 
military that people don't know about - not even soldiers."
Cameron said in the past week, after the Feb. 14 Daily News report about 
defoliants used at the Canadian base where Americans trained, he has 
received about 15 phone calls from Massachusetts National Guard and Army 
Reserve veterans who served in Gagetown in the 1980s. He said some were 
sick and others voiced concern they may have been exposed to the herbicides.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/news/x723438348/More-local-veterans-reporting-possible-poisoning-from-Gagetown-training

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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
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