[CPEO-MEF] HERBICIDES: "Veterans Sick From Agent Orange-Poisoned Planes Still Seek Justice"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Veterans Sick From Agent Orange-Poisoned Planes Still Seek Justice

Lynne Peeples
Huffington Post
July 11, 2013

After a fleet of C-123 airplanes dropped more than 10 million gallons  
of Agent Orange to destroy enemy cover and crops during the Vietnam  
War, the military found post-war work for the planes in the U.S. Air  
Force Reserve.

Retired Lt Col. Paul Bailey belonged to one of those reserve units.  
Today, he has terminal cancer and, like his sick former co-workers,  
he has been denied by the Department of Veterans Affairs for Agent  
Orange-related veterans benefits, despite expert opinions that he was  
likely exposed to the lingering toxic herbicide.

"Magically, once the planes left Vietnam they were no longer  
contaminated," said Bailey, criticizing what he sees as irrational  
government policy. "It's frustrating."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/10/agent-orange-vietnam- 
veterans_n_3572598.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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