Oregonian: Iraq: Exposing Troops to Dangerous Chemicals

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Agent Orange in Vietnam killed, and is still killing thousands. Chemicals in Iraq and

Afghanistan are doing the same. Most citizens of Iraq will face the same.

{ http://vato21stcentury.blogspot.com/2011/10/iraq-exposing-troops-to-dangerous.html }IG faults military, KBR for exposing troops to dangerous chemical

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D. Joe/The Oregonian: Oregon National Guard veteran Larry a, collects himself in the hall after giving testimony at an Oregon House committee meeting in Salem in 2009. He spoke about his extensive health problems stemming from exposure to hexavalent chromium while serving in Iraq. Fredrick D. Joe/The Oregonian

September 30, 2011 - An Inspector General report has found that the Defense Department and contractor KBR failed to act quickly to protect servicemembers and civilians after discovering that they had been exposed to a hazardous chemical at a water-treatment plant in Iraq, according to a story in The Oregonian newspaper.

Dozens of National Guardsmen from Oregon and Indiana have sued KBR over their exposure to sodium dichromate, an anticorrosive compound of hexavalent chromium that can cause skin and breathing problems as well as cancer. read more>>>

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