[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, VETERANS: Michigan Congressmember reintroduces bill to "aid PFAS-exposed veterans"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

‘Agent Orange of our generation:’ Bill would aid PFAS-exposed veterans


By Garret Ellison 
MLive (MIchigan)
March 16, 2022

FLINT, MI — John Holly served at Wurtsmith Air Force Base for several years in the 1980s. He drank a lot of base water during that time, particularly while he lived inside a facility with nuclear-armed B-52 bombers at the ready outside.

Holly is proud to have served in Oscoda as a pilot in the world’s greatest Air Force, he said. But “at no time did I consent to the consumption of contaminated water.”

Holly stood with U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint, at the Hammerberg Memorial VFW Post 3720 in Flint Township on Tuesday, March 15 as the congressman announced the reintroduction of a bill that would expand health benefits for veterans exposed to toxic chemicals.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/03/agent-orange-of-our-generation-bill-would-aid-pfas-exposed-veterans.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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