[CPEO-MEF] VETERANS: "Groups join forces to fight military toxic exposure"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Groups join forces to fight military toxic exposure

By Leo Shane III 

Military Times
June 7, 2019

More than a dozen veterans advocacy groups will join forces to track and highlight toxic exposure illnessesamong former military members in an attempt to push for quicker action on what they see as a looming health crisis.

The Toxic Exposures in the American Military coalition, announced this week, will coordinate efforts from groups like Wounded Warrior Project, Vietnam Veterans of America, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Veteran Warriors Inc., and the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors.

The focus will be on issues related to exposures in the recent wars, although the groups have also advocated on illnesses related to chemical poisoning in the ranks from earlier periods.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/06/07/as-military-toxic-exposure-illnesses-mount-advocates-push-for-more-action/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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