All Posts Tagged With: "veterans"

Linda’s comments:  Yeaaaa for the Vets….I support them 100%…we expect them to fight for our lives and freedom then make them sick and refuse to acknowledge the problems….I hope they win…

Full article: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/sick-vets-sue-government-contractor-kbr-over-trash-fires-in-iraq-afghanistan/19583671?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl1|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fnation%2Farticle%2Fsick-vets-sue-government-contractor-kbr-over-trash-fires-in-iraq-afghanistan%2F19583671

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(Aug. 6) — Hundreds of Americans who got sick after working in Iraq and Afghanistan are suing government contractor KBR, claiming they were poisoned by toxic smoke from trash fires on U.S. military bases there, The Washington Post reports today.

According to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Maryland, 241 service veterans and contractors are suing the Houston-based firm, which was in charge of burning trash — including Styrofoam, plastic, solvents, medical waste and even dead animals — at several American bases before the military limited so-called burn pits earlier this year.

Joe Raedle, An Afghan man looks through garbage as some of it burns at a dump at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan in 2002. Americans who worked in Afghanistan and Iraq say exposure to such fires has led to breathing disorders and cancers.

Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/30/va.hospital.hiv/index.html?hpt=T2#

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A Missouri VA hospital is under fire because it may have exposed more than 1,800 veterans to life-threatening diseases such as hepatitis and HIV.

John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis has recently mailed letters to 1,812 veterans telling them they could contract  (HIV) after visiting the medical center for dental work, said Rep. Russ Carnahan.

Carnahan said Tuesday he is calling for a investigation into the issue and has sent a letter to President Obama about it.

“This is absolutely unacceptable,” said Carnahan, a Democrat from Missouri. “No veteran who has served and risked their life for this great nation should have to worry about their personal safety when receiving much needed healthcare services from a Veterans Administration hospital.”