From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:41:11 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, HEALTH: West Virginia guardsmen and sodium dichromate |
Rockefeller urges care for W.Va. soldiers exposed to chemical in Iraq By Paul J. Nyden Charleston Gazette (WV) October 26, 2011CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- On Monday, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller asked the U.S. Department of Defense to make sure 122 members of the West Virginia National Guard -- as well as Guard members from other states including Oregon and Indiana -- receive health care after being exposed to sodium dichromate, a cancer-causing chemical, while on duty at the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in southeastern Iraq. West Virginia National Guard members serving in Iraq back in 2003, Rockefeller said, were not notified of their exposure to sodium dichromate until early 2009. Last month, the DOD's Inspector General released a highly critical report, entitled, "Exposure to Sodium Dichromate of Qarmat Ali Iraq in 2003." The report criticizes failures by the DOD and by Kellogg Brown and Root, a major contractor hired by the U.S. military to work in Iraq and other countries. ... For the entire article, see http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201110260122 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545 Fax: 650-961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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