[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, VETERANS: "VA Checking for Connection Between PFAS Chemicals and Kidney Cancer in Afflicted Veterans"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

VA Checking for Connection Between PFAS Chemicals and Kidney Cancer in Afflicted Veterans

By Patricia Kime
Military.com 
September 25, 2024 

The Department of Veterans Affairs will study whether kidney cancer is linked with exposure to chemicals used in military-grade firefighting foam and other products to determine whether veterans may be eligible for expedited benefits.

The VA announced Wednesday that the process could decide whether kidney cancer should be designated a presumptive service-connected condition for former service members who were exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, or PFAS, often called "forever chemicals" for their environmental persistence.

The designation would accelerate the process for veterans to receive VA health care and disability compensation, removing a requirement that those afflicted prove that the illness was related to military service.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/09/24/va-study-possible-link-between-forever-chemicals-and-kidney-cancer.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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