[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: "Army denies $3.8 billion in claims of harmful toxins at Fort Detrick [MD]"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army denies $3.8 billion in claims of harmful toxins at Fort Detrick

By Sylvia Carignan 
Frederick News Post  (MD)
March 4, 2015 

The Army has denied claims seeking $3.8 billion in restitution for wrongful deaths and illnesses caused by alleged toxins near Fort Detrick.

The claims include one $50 million claim filed by Randy White, founder of the Kristen Renee Foundation, who stated that his daughter Kristen Renee White Hernandez “died from a brain tumor caused by living near Fort Detrick.”

The Army denied White’s claim with an official letter dated Feb. 19, four years after White submitted it.

“We knew going into it that it was going to be at least a five- to 10-year battle,” White said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/governmental_and_political_topics/military/army-denies-billion-in-claims-of-harmful-toxins-at-fort/article_8304a5c9-2f58-588c-a0b6-78d8f07909ab.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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