[CPEO-MEF] HERBICIDES: Air Force study says Westover AFB (MA) crews unlikely to have been affected

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Study questions whether Agent Orange exposure from Westover planes  
was enough to make Air Force crews sick


By Jeanette DeForge
Springfield Republican (MA)
April 30, 2012,

An Air Force study determined Westover Air Reserve crews were  
unlikely to have fallen ill from being exposed to Agent Orange while  
flying planes formerly used in the Vietnam War.

At the same time, the study said there is not enough data to made a  
definite determination if mechanics, pilots, medical crews and others  
were exposed to a high enough level of the dangerous chemical in the  
10 years they flew the C-123 Providers.

The Air Force report, released Monday, was sparked by congressional  
inquiries and lobbying from crew members who served at Westover in  
Chicopee and flew the planes from 1972 to 198


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For the entire article, see
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/ 
study_questions_if_agent_orang.html

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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
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