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AGENT ORANGE DARK MATTERS TWISTED BUT TRUE

Dark Matters Season 3 Episode 1, Agent Orange – The Accidental Inventor
Synopsis: A chemical that speeds up the flowering process in soybeans turns into a weapon during Vietnam.
Original air date: November 22, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw8OS925lUY

Dark Matters: Twisted But True is a television series featured on the Science Channel. Hosted by actor John Noble of Fringe and Lord of the Rings, the show takes the viewer inside the laboratory to profile strange science and expose some of history’s most bizarre experiments. This show uses narration and reenactments to portray the stories in this show

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Agent Orange, Vietnam Veterans, Monsanto, GMO News – November & December 2012

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What is A.O.F.D, Agent Orange Food Disorder, and how many …

Agent Orange Food Disorder, AOFD, is an ongoing mutation of cells from …. suffering birth defects as terrible as those found in the Agent Orange contaminated …

‘Legacies of War’

Coeur d’Alene Press Dewey Parker worked on a flight line inspecting airplanes that sprayed the Agent Orange herbicide during the Vietnam War. Today, the Air Force veteran who …

Agent Orange, United States Military Veterans, And Myelodysplastic …

The MDS Beacon I often see Vietnam-era military veterans in my clinic who have been diagnosed with MDS, and they always ask me, “Could Agent Orange exposure have …

What Are GMO? What Is A GMO? What Foods Are Genetically Modified …

OpEdNews … PCB’s & Agent Orange), Dow (Agent Orange and Agent Blue – Arsenic), Bayer (CCD – Colony Collapse Disorder of Bees), BASF (GMO Potatoes), DuPont

AO Victims Grateful to British PM

Salem-News.Com … of Agent Orange, was asked by the Viet Nam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) to present the gifts in person. The gifts comprised a selection of beautiful hand-embroidered linen and colourful hand-painted pictures made by….

Ten Top Reasons Why Food with GMO Ingredients Should Be So Labeled

Meridian Magazine In the past, Monsanto also assured us of the public safety of DDT and Agent Orange as household items, both of which were produced by Monsanto with devastating results. 7. GMO labeling has nothing to do with excessive government intervention and …

@DA NANG: Perception gap over Agent Orange is déjà vu after Fukushima

Asahi Shimbun Highly toxic dioxin, the main ingredient in Agent Orange, continues to be detected … is a Vietnam War veteran, and her mother was born with birth defects.

The pesticides you eat

Salt Lake Tribune Their answer to a failing Roundup system is now “Agent Orange Corn.” The corporate sales pitch is that GMOs increase crop yields and so are needed to feed …

A daughter faces demons of father’s war
CNN
“Yeah, because they’ve seen bad things,” Caitlin said. Christal had spoken with other grown children of Vietnam veterans. But this was the first time she saw herself in a child. Christal contained herself in front of Caitlin. But when she and her mom …

Tribute to Vietnam fallen helps keep Dad in her life
Tribune-Review
Rihn, a respiratory therapist, and about 70 other children of veterans went to Vietnam in 2003 to retrace the footsteps of their fathers. She and her husband, John, and their daughters, Megan, 20, and Alyssa, 17, make several trips a year to Washington …

Fifty years later, US, Vietnam deal with Agent Orange
USA TODAY
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently ruled that numerous ailments are presumed to have been caused by Agent Orange among the Vietnam veterans who have them. The ruling meant these veterans would qualify for certain benefits that had been …

Living With MDS: Why Did I Get Cancer?
The MDS Beacon
Dr. Steensma’s recent column about Agent Orange reminded me of the many months (or was it years?) I spent kicking myself over every poor decision I had ever made about my health. It also caused me to re-visit having lived near a dioxin superfund …

Agent Orange leaves lingering, costly aftermath
Reading Eagle
Some were casualties of Agent Orange. “A lot of them that were there had limbs … Tumors, rashes, miscarriages and birth defects were reported in the years …

Deadly rainbow: Veterans suffer from Agent Orange exposure
Montgomery Advertiser
The main dioxin in Agent Orange, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, or TCDD, is one of the most toxic. During the 1970s, veterans returning from Vietnam …

Air Force Vietnam veteran wants other vets to learn about Agent Orange Registry
ABC Action News
It did, it floored me,” recalled Bob Wood. When Wood suffered a heart attack two years ago, doctors at the Haley VA Hospital told him his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam contributed to his heart disease. “This is unbelievable,” Wood thought at the…

A Battle Unending: The Vietnam War and Agent Orange
the Diplomat
By Simon Roughneen While the Vietnam War ended decades ago, its effects continue to linger on.Agent Orange haunts the lives of the people it has touched.

Monsanto and Genetically Engineered Food: Playing Roulette With …
Truth-Out
Is Monsanto the most pernicious global corporation when it comes to GMOs, … They lied to us about the safety of PCB’s, DDT and Agent Orange, …

Sister of Agent Orange victim says battle for recognition far from over
GlobalNews.ca
Bertrand was one of about 30 people who got compensation from the federal government after it overturned a decision to deny claims for people diagnosed with Agent Orange-related illnesses past a June 30, 2011 deadline. Timeline: The fight for Agent …

WMU professor’s book analyzes effects of Agent Orange
Western Herald
Ed Martini, Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently published Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty, a book that better explains the chemical used during the Vietnam War.

Dioxin, TCE Drums, U-235 and El Toro’s Panhandle
Salem-News.Com
We do know that one El Toro Marine who never served in Vietnam died from Agent Orange exposure, Dr. Chuck Bennett over 12 years ago cited two Orange County experts who examined soil samples from the panhandle and found weapons grade U-235 …

Vietnam Veterans Memorial 30 years later | Invisible Children Blog
Three decades ago, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC was officially dedicated on Nov. 13th 1982. Consisting of two reflective walls that span …

Veterans Corner: Vietnam service ‘presumptive’ disability benefits
Hanford Sentinel
Certain conditions are also recognized for the children of Vietnam veterans. Covered birth defects include a wide range conditions. Eighteen defects are specifically included and others not specifically excluded are covered. Vietnam veterans who served…
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THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE IS MISLEADING AND INCORRECT

“VA does this because of the unique circumstances of their military service. If one of these conditions is diagnosed in a veteran, VA presumes that the circumstances of his/her service caused the condition and disability compensation can be awarded.”

Let’s start with using the term, Agent Orange Dioxin. This is the “unique circumstance” our military members were exposed to, by their own government.

I think it’s totally disrespectful to not mention what the disability compensation is connected to.

The government used a chemical herbicide nicknamed Agent Orange (due to the orange stripe on the barrel). They used 22 million gallons on Southeast Asia to kill the vegetation, and deny the enemy cover. This chemical was also used along the Korean DMZ. Our government told our military was safe. What our troops were unaware of is that it contained Dioxin the most poisonous chemical known to man. Well, they found out, alright. Years later, our Vietnam Veterans began becoming seriously ill. Many died young, many young men acquired “old man” diseases with no prior family history all while our government denied their poison had any role in harming them.

The government waited till 1991 to help our veterans, prior to that they were called crazy or faking. The process has been so slow to help our Vietnam Veterans that even after they started to “Presume” a few illnesses, many Vets succumb to their illnesses leaving their families with only more questions and no support. There are claims dating back to the early 1980’s for Ischemic Heart disease (Added only to the presumptive list in 2010) still in appeal. This is not an easy process no matter what you may be led to believe. It is a tragedy.

Secondly, this article is disseminating incorrect information about the Children of Vietnam Veterans. After coming home from war, Veterans tried to move on with their lives and start their families. They soon discovered their children were being born with horrifying deformities, cleft Palate, Club foot, hip dysplasia, rare disorders, and strange illnesses. Our Government again turned it’s back.

“Certain conditions are also recognized for the children of Vietnam veterans. Covered birth defects include a wide range conditions. Eighteen defects are specifically included and others not specifically excluded are covered”

“Vietnam veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between Jan. 9, 1962 and May 7, 1975, and later contracted any of these conditions, or have children with birth defects, should apply for disability compensation benefits.”

This is very frustrating especially if this is supposed to be by someone knowledgeable in this field. There are not 18+ birth defects covered in the children of Male Vietnam Veterans. There is only one Spina Bifida. From the VA website:

Children who have spina bifida (except spina bifida occulta) and meet the following requirements may be eligible for VA compensation, health care, and vocational training:

  • Are biological children of Veterans who served:Were conceived after the date on which the Veteran first entered Vietnam or the Korean demilitarized zone during the qualifying service period
    • In Vietnam during the period from January 9, 1962 through May 7, 1975, or
    • In or near the Korean demilitarized zone between September 1, 1967 and August 31, 1971 and were exposed to herbicides. Veterans who served in a unit in or near the Korean demilitarized zone anytime between April 1, 1968 and August 31, 1971 are presumed to have been exposed to herbicides.
  • If you are the child of a Male Vietnam Veteran you are NOT eligible for compensation unless you have Spina Bifida (NOT OCCULTA- the most common form)

There is no help for the thousands and thousands of children of male Vietnam Veterans that are suffering from congenital deformities, Cancers, Autoimmune Diseases, Reproductive Problems and other rare illnesses. There were 2.8 million people that served in Vietnam.  Six to eight thousand of them were women.

 The eighteen, plus birth defects you talk about in this article are only covered in the children of WOMEN Vietnam Veterans NOT in the children of Male Vietnam Veterans even though the children of Male veterans suffer greatly with the same illnesses!

Anyone else who have the birth defects listed whose mother was not a Vietnam Veteran WILL BE DENIED. 

Covered birth defects include, but are not limited to, the following conditions: NOT COVERED IN THE CHILDREN OF MALE VIETNAM VETERANS!!!!!!!!!!

  • Achondroplasia
  • Cleft lip and cleft palate
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Congenital talipes equinovarus (clubfoot)
  • Esophageal and intestinal atresia
  • Hallerman-Streiff syndrome
  • Hip dysplasia
  • Hirschprung’s disease (congenital megacolon)
  • Hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis
  • Hypospadias
  • Imperforate anus
  • Neural tube defects
  • Poland syndrome
  • Pyloric stenosis
  • Syndactyly (fused digits)
  • Tracheoesophageal fistula
  • Undescended testicle
  • Williams syndrome

If you are confused over what is or isn’t covered for the Children of Vietnam Veterans feel free to email us at COVVHA@gmail.com

© Heather A. Bowser – (COVVHA) Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance INC

 

Medical History Should Include Military History, Doctor Says
New York Times (blog)
So he was surprised to learn not long ago — from reading a newspaper article — that at least one of those ailments, ischemic heart disease, has been linked to exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange, which was used widely in Vietnam. It dawned on him …

Over 200000 veterans exposed to Dioxin
VietNamNet Bridge
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam currently has more than 200000 veterans exposed to Agent Orange/Dioxin and infected with some diseases identified by the US …

Agent Orange remains big health concern
Herald Palladium (subscription)
JOSEPH – A vestige of the Vietnam War is present front and center at the Berrien County Veterans Service Office. Dozens of veterans of the war, which ended in 1975, call or visit to get help in filing claims for illnesses and conditions attributed to …

Monsanto On Verge of $40 Million GMO Bailout in Europe: Report
DeathRattleSports.com
Monsanto GMO Bailout in Europe A Sign of Things to Come? … a company that moved from producing Agent Orange during the Vietnam War to using their …

Conditions recognized as related to exposure to Agent Orange
Journal Times
The following presumptive conditions are recognized by the Veterans Affairs as related to Agent Orange exposure for veterans who served in county in Vietnam during Jan. 9, 1962, through May 7, 1975. • AL Amyloidosis — A rare disease caused when an …

Vietnamese still fighting for recognition of Agent Orange impact
Toronto Star
They are, she believes, victims of the Agent Orange dumped on Vietnam’s … found “compelling evidence” linking a rise in birth defects and miscarriages in …

A toxic disaster
The Korea Herald
Authorities estimate that 4.8 million were exposed to Agent Orange dioxin in … causing men exposed to Agent Orange to father children with birth defects.

Children Of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance | AGENT ORANGE
Memories of the Vietnam War are dimming, but veterans and Vietnamese nationals who were exposed to Agent Orange and other dioxin-laced defoliants are …

 

 

 

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Never Forgetting Our Heroes

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I just got done watching an episode of Bones called “The Patriot in Purgatory”, starring David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel. It is a show on the FOX network and it was originally aired on November 12th, 2012. This is a clip from that show, http://youtu.be/ooRloIi1Yq4. It was about a homeless man that they were trying to identify, he had been found in a parking garage, believed to have been murdered. It turns out that he was a veteran from Afghanistan that had PTSD and he was at the Pentagon on September 11th. The injuries that he sustained were believed to be from being beaten to death but were in fact from saving 3 people from the rubble of the Pentagon after the plane hit. He had been there every day, yelling out the names of the soldiers that were with him in battle and were killed in an ammo dump. He thought it was the only way to get these guys the silver star, he had petitioned the Pentagon 56 times to no avail. He bled out after 10 days from a punctured lung. Once he was identified, he was given a full military funeral.

The reason I am writing this article is that I am extremely humbled in knowing that there are thousands of homeless veterans in this country and they seem to be invisible. They went to war, be it in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan, they fought for us, they lost men that they loved as brothers in doing so and we can’t be bothered to help these men. I think back to my own family. My dad was in Vietnam in 1965, he was one of the lucky ones, he got to come home. My brother was in Desert Storm in Iraq in 1991. He also came home but at what price? Dad was exposed to Agent Orange/Dioxin and has health problems because of it. His best friend didn’t come home. He was killed in an accident due to carelessness. My brother has issues due to his service over there. How much is a human life worth? You can’t turn on the TV these days without hearing about the suicides of the vets coming back from Iraq/Afghanistan.  Has this county gotten so jaded that these men mean nothing, that their service to this country was just for fun? We have forgotten our heros! We have forgotten that without them, we would be living a much different life. This is unfair and it is unacceptable!

We have all lost something due to war. These men and women have lost so much, their health, their lives, their sanity, their hope! This country was changed on September 11, 2001. Some lost parents, husbands, wives, their humanity, their faith in GOD, what have you. That should have been a wake up call for us, for us to take care of our own and make sure that they know how much we appreciate them and how important they are to us. Instead, we focus on our own trivial lives and continue on like these men are just window dressing. PLEASE, take some time out to thank a veteran today and to welcome him or her home. There was a number and a website at the end of the show for the Veterans Crisis Line, www.veteranscrisisline.net, the phone number is 1-800-273-8255.The VA has a program to help homeless vets, that address is www.va.gov/Homeless,www.voa.org/  If you know of a veteran that is need of help, reach out, give them a hand up. Go to the VA and see if you can volunteer, if you know of a veteran that is homeless, give him or her a blanket and steer them to where they can get help. Write or call your Senators and Congressmen and women to tell that they need to support the legislation concerning veterans and their welfare. The reason that the man in the show was homeless is because he was the only one of his unit that survived an attack on the ammo dump they were in. He couldn’t handle being indoors and his wife would find him sleeping in a park somewhere. These men and women aren’t lazy or pathetic, who among us knows what they went through and why they are homeless? There is no purple heart for PTSD and no recognition for what they have given up or lost to fight for us.

We as the children of Vietnam Veterans know better than anyone what life is like for our vets. We need to help them through whatever hardship they may be facing, they fought and died for us, what more can they do?  Be thankful, so many of us have lost them for different reasons, most of which are due to Agent Orange/ Dioxin exposure. We have each other to lean on for support and for comfort, these men have fallen through the cracks and don’t have anyone. We can’t give up on them. We can’t forget what they have sacrificed for us and what they stand for. We aren’t alone, don’t let them be, you can make a difference in someone’s life today. It is time that we showed them just how much they are not forgotten. They didn’t forget us when they laid their lives on the line for all of us, not just their own families but for all of us as a nation. Don’t let their sacrifices mean nothing!

In closing, I would like to say Thank You and Welcome Home to any and all veterans that are reading this article and I would just ask that you not forget out heros! We can make a difference if we all just stick together and do something. Thank you for reading this and know that none of us are alone. We just have to take the time to see what has been invisible for too long. It is up to us as a nation to uphold all veterans, whether they are Vietnam Vets or Iraq/ Afghanistan vets. Without them, where would we be now?

Karen Y. Wengert

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Improving Healthcare For Veterans On College Campuses

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Improving healthcare for veterans on college campuses
By  on March 24th, 2012 in CONDITIONS
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/03/improving-healthcare-veterans-college-campuses.html

The healthcare needs and challenges presented by the nation’s returning veterans are complex and critical.

That’s not news to all, yet not all clinicians realize how close and relevant the issues actually are.  More than half of all returning veterans are treated outside of the military healthcare system and the VA, which means community-based clinicians are on the front lines of care delivery to veterans.

Very often, this also now means that veterans seek care on college campuses, which are seeing a huge surge in veteran enrollment.  Some campuses have seen an increase of more than 50% in student-veterans as they take advantage of the Post 9/11 GI Bill after their service is complete.

The need for increased education on assessing and treating veterans in the campus environment became obvious during recent conversations with leaders of college-based healthcare and mental health services.  Some weren’t aware of basic resources like the VA’s PTSD 101 online modules or the PTSD Check List – Military (PCL-M).

Some also were naïve as to why it was not safe to assume that everyone discharged from the military was properly screened for both PTSD and TBI.

And there’s good reason why you can’t assume that.  Often, the Post-Deployment Health Reassessment Program (PDHRA) gets postponed (despite the best efforts of the Service branches) until a day before final discharge, and the “scuttlebutt” from veterans is that if you answer any of the screening questions affirmatively,  you can be “held back” for a work-up (and possible Medical Board Evaluation) of any problems disclosed.

It’s therefore not a surprise that many symptoms go unreported at these exit evaluations.

As proof of this, consider the case of a Veteran whom I (Dr. Rosenman) saw at a community college where I did volunteer work.   He was late thirties, 6′ 2″, close to 200 pounds with 1% body fat, blond hair, blue eyes, and a firm handshake.   He could have stepped out of a recruiting poster.

He was registered as a student at the college and connected with the VA system so that his GI Bill educational benefits could start, but to the dismay of his case manager, he was unable to complete a class schedule, or to register for any classes.  At that point, the student services personnel brought him over to chat with me.

I learned he had started and left the DOD at nearby military base, and was married and had 3 children.

My first question was whether or not he had been concussed in Iraq because of IEDs.  His reply was: “Four times that I can remember.”

I quietly explained that sometimes these concussions cause damage to the brain that would not be apparent to him and, that with his permission, I was going to check for this, and he agreed – which, in essence, was a Mental Status Exam (MSE).  He was oriented as to person, place and time.

However, he could remember none of the six items I asked him to remember, only got to 93 on Serial 7′s before he stopped and asked for a pen and paper, and remembered only one President.

Given his in-theater history, the reason why he was brought to my attention, and his clearly impaired MSE, I strongly suspected a TBI diagnosis.

I said to him, “Sir, I know that some people are so anxious to be discharged, that when they take the PDHRA, they report that they are totally symptom free.  Was that the case for you?”

He paused, smiled sheepishly, and said, “Yes, Doc.”

At that point it was clear to me that he needed more thorough treatment. So I gently conveyed my thoughts to him and then called the local VA hospital, where a caseworker accompanied him and where later that day that based on further screening, an MRI, and their clinical evaluation the diagnosis was confirmed.

He was admitted for further care, and ultimately received a Medical Board 100% permanent Disability Rating secondary to his TBI.

That’s meaningful, because he got access to VA social workers to counsel his family on the diagnosis, a Palm Pilot to help with short-term memory, vocational training, and more significantly, a substantial disability payment – which means a much smaller financial impact on his family, and a decreased chance of divorce and/or homelessness.

Drawing on this example, we strongly encourage you to access the many resources that exist for community and college-based physicians, nurses, counselors and psychologists.

It’s imperative that on this very day you become more familiar with standard assessment tools for veterans, as well as next-step treatment-referral resources.  There are plenty of educational resources on Medscape, a wealth of information from the VA’s National Center for PTSD, free online training from the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program and the National Center for PTSD, and more.

It’s critical to identify individuals who need assistance, like the Veteran described in the example above.  He may be sitting in front of you tomorrow, but may look more the part of scattered student than wounded Veteran.  They served this country with courage and selflessness, and we have to show those same characteristics to raise our knowledge of the issues, screen effectively, and get them the best care possible.

David Rosenman is a psychiatrist and Emeritus Director, Student Health and Counseling Service, California State University-Fullerton. He has worked as a civilian psychiatrist at two Department of Defense hospitals with returning troops.  Glenn L. Laudenslager IV is President of Charge Ahead Marketing and has worked on initiatives and education in veterans’ healthcare for several years.

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Agent Orange In The News July 2012

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Code-named Agent Orange, this weapon of mass destruction was “dumped” on Vietnam, according to a US Senate report in 1970, in what was called Operation Hades. The letter to Coe estimates that today 4.8 million victims of Agent Orange are children, …

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Blair-War-Olympic-Deals-by-John-Pilger-120719-735.html

The seeds have been dubbed “Agent Orange” mealies because they have been … them will lead to the more widespread use of the Dow-manufactured pesticide.

http://www.thepost.co.za/controversial-gm-mielies-get-green-light-1.1347764

Our Food Supply: Are We Ready for ‘Enviropig’ and ‘ Agent Orange Corn’? AARP News (blog) Most Americans, roughly 90% of us, believe that genetically modified foods, or GMO’s, should be labeled as such. Yet if you asked that same … Reading about ‘Agent Orange Corn’ , ‘Frankenfoods’, ‘Monsanto Sues Nature’

http://blog.aarp.org/2012/07/24/our-food-supply-are-we-ready-for-enviropig-and-agent-orange-corn/

Agent Orange Justice will hold Beautiful Art for Innocent Children, an extraordinary international exhibition and art auction for the innocent children being born now with horrific birth defects in Vietnam.NSW governor Marie Bashir will open the exhibition on August 7 from 6pm, at the Mori Gallery, 168 Day St, Sydney. Celebrated actor Kate Mulvany, a second-generation Agent Orange survivor, will recite extracts from The Seed, her autobiographical award-winning play about the daughter of an Australian Vietnam Veteran.

http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/51670

 

Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Military and Veteran Populations: IOM Initial Assessment

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An estimated 13 to 20 percent of United States service members who have fought in Iraq or Afghanistan since 2001 suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), brought on by a specific traumatic event, including combat. As the U.S. reduces its military involvement in the Middle East, the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) anticipate that increasing numbers of returning veterans will need PTSD services. As a result, Congress asked the DoD, in consultation with the VA, to sponsor an IOM study to assess both departments’ PTSD treatment programs and services. This first of two mandated reports examines the some of the available prevention, screening, diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation programs and encourages further research that can help to improve PTSD care.  View Full Report Below

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Agent Orange In The News Health Care Available For Vietnam Vets Exposed To Agent Orange

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The list of diseases linked to possible Agent Orange exposure includes diseases ranging from prostate and respirators cancers to type 2 diabetes. The list is also growing. In 2010, the VA added Chronic B-Cell Leukemia, Parkinson’s and ischemic heart disease.

“If you have that condition, you get service connection for it,” said Marsh.  Marsh said veterans first have to file a claim at their county service office.  ”They filled out everything for me and then they sent all of the paperwork to an advocate group,” said Lensch. “The hardest part was finding your old DD214.”

The bond that united veterans during war is helping them decades later.

“That’s what I hope is going to happen here is that some vet out there is going to sit there and go: ‘Holy mackerel, maybe I should look at that list because I’ve been having health problems,’” said Lensch.  Health care and disability compensation is available to veterans. Other benefits are also potentially available for their survivors.

The process starts with a health exam. Vietnam veterans must first enroll in VA’s health care system.  Veterans should contact their county’s Veterans Service Office for more information. In Dane County, that office is in the City-County Building downtown.

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Agent Orange In The News Health Care Available For Vietnam Vets Exposed To Agent Orange

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The list of diseases linked to possible Agent Orange exposure includes diseases ranging from prostate and respirators cancers to type 2 diabetes. The list is also growing. In 2010, the VA added Chronic B-Cell Leukemia, Parkinson’s and ischemic heart disease.

“If you have that condition, you get service connection for it,” said Marsh.  Marsh said veterans first have to file a claim at their county service office.  ”They filled out everything for me and then they sent all of the paperwork to an advocate group,” said Lensch. “The hardest part was finding your old DD214.”

The bond that united veterans during war is helping them decades later.

“That’s what I hope is going to happen here is that some vet out there is going to sit there and go: ‘Holy mackerel, maybe I should look at that list because I’ve been having health problems,’” said Lensch.  Health care and disability compensation is available to veterans. Other benefits are also potentially available for their survivors.

The process starts with a health exam. Vietnam veterans must first enroll in VA’s health care system.  Veterans should contact their county’s Veterans Service Office for more information. In Dane County, that office is in the City-County Building downtown.

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OPEN AIR BURN PITS REPORT Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan
Released:
October 31, 2011
Type:
Consensus Report
Topics:
Veterans Health, Select Populations and Health Disparities, Environmental Health
Activity:
Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan
Board:
Board on the Health of Select Populations
During deployment to a war zone, military personnel are exposed to a variety of environmental hazards, many of which have been linked to long-term adverse health outcomes, such as cancer and respiratory disease. Many veterans returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have health problems they believe are related to their exposure to the smoke from the burning of waste in open-air “burn pits” on military bases. Open-air waste burning has long been used by the military when other disposal options have not been available. Particular controversy surrounds the burn pit used to dispose of solid waste at Joint Base 
Balad (JBB) in Iraq, which burned up to 200 tons of waste per day in 2007.
The Department of Veterans Affairs asked the IOM to form a committee to determine the long-term health effects from exposure to these burn pits. The committee used the burn pit at JBB as an example. The IOM collected data on environmental releases and concentrations of combustion products at JBB, information on possible human exposure at the base and elsewhere, and the potential for long-term health effects of that exposure. The Department of Defense provided raw air-sampling data, which were used to determine which chemicals were present at JBB and which were present in ambient air. Based on this data, the committee found that levels of most pollutants at the base were not higher than levels measured at other polluted sites worldwide.
However, insufficient evidence prevented the IOM committee from developing firm conclusions about the what long-term health effects might be seen in service members exposed to burn pits. Along with more efficient data-gathering methods, the report recommends that a study be conducted that would evaluate the health status of service members from their time of deployment to JBB over many years to determine their incidence of chronic diseases, including cancers, that tend to not show up for decades. Given the many hazards to which military personnel are exposed in the field, service in Iraq and Afghanistan in general, rather than exposure to burn pits only, might be associated with long-term adverse health effects.
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OPEN AIR BURN PITS REPORT FULL PDF Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans

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Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan
Released:
October 31, 2011
Type:
Consensus Report
Topics:
Veterans Health, Select Populations and Health Disparities, Environmental Health
Activity:
Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan
Board:
Board on the Health of Select Populations
During deployment to a war zone, military personnel are exposed to a variety of environmental hazards, many of which have been linked to long-term adverse health outcomes, such as cancer and respiratory disease. Many veterans returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have health problems they believe are related to their exposure to the smoke from the burning of waste in open-air “burn pits” on military bases. Open-air waste burning has long been used by the military when other disposal options have not been available. Particular controversy surrounds the burn pit used to dispose of solid waste at Joint Base
Balad (JBB) in Iraq, which burned up to 200 tons of waste per day in 2007.
The Department of Veterans Affairs asked the IOM to form a committee to determine the long-term health effects from exposure to these burn pits. The committee used the burn pit at JBB as an example. The IOM collected data on environmental releases and concentrations of combustion products at JBB, information on possible human exposure at the base and elsewhere, and the potential for long-term health effects of that exposure. The Department of Defense provided raw air-sampling data, which were used to determine which chemicals were present at JBB and which were present in ambient air. Based on this data, the committee found that levels of most pollutants at the base were not higher than levels measured at other polluted sites worldwide.
However, insufficient evidence prevented the IOM committee from developing firm conclusions about the what long-term health effects might be seen in service members exposed to burn pits. Along with more efficient data-gathering methods, the report recommends that a study be conducted that would evaluate the health status of service members from their time of deployment to JBB over many years to determine their incidence of chronic diseases, including cancers, that tend to not show up for decades. Given the many hazards to which military personnel are exposed in the field, service in Iraq and Afghanistan in general, rather than exposure to burn pits only, might be associated with long-term adverse health effects.

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Children Of Vietnam Veterans & Agent Orange Veterans Radio With Truth Teller & Henry Lee

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February 9, 2012 Veterans Radio Show
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Topics Include
Health, Mental health, Monsanto, Presumptive Diseases, PTSD, Trauma, Vietnam Veterans, Children of Vietnam Veterans, Birth Defects, GMO’s….
Learn about the devastating effects of Monsanto, AGENT ORANGE, and DIOXIN. 
 If you think you know what this show is about and won’t learn anything, you are DEAD WRONG.
You could be saving someone’s life with this information.
Thank you Henry Lee, Wolfie, His Wife Debbie, and Mike for making tonight’s show possible.
I am honored to have had the chance to speak with all of you on behalf of our Veterans and Their Children.
Please be patient and wait for the interview to start after the music!
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Children Of Vietnam Veterans & Agent Orange Veterans Radio With Truth Teller & Henry Lee

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February 9, 2012 Veterans Radio Show
If you missed our last show you can listen right here.
Topics Include
Health, Mental health, Monsanto, Presumptive Diseases, PTSD, Trauma, Vietnam Veterans, Children of Vietnam Veterans, Birth Defects, GMO’s….
Learn about the devastating effects of Monsanto, AGENT ORANGE, and DIOXIN.
 If you think you know what this show is about and won’t learn anything, you are DEAD WRONG.
You could be saving someone’s life with this information.
Thank you Henry Lee, Wolfie, His Wife Debbie, and Mike for making tonight’s show possible.
I am honored to have had the chance to speak with all of you on behalf of our Veterans and Their Children.
Please be patient and wait for the interview to start after the music!
February 9, 2012 Show

Veterans Radio Show Kelly L. Derricks & Henry Lee

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Learn about the  devastating effects of AGENT ORANGE and DIOXIN 
January 26, 2012 8:00 p.m. Veterans Radio Show

Thank you Henry Lee, Wolfie, His Wife Debbie, and Mike for making tonight’s show possible.
I am honored to have had the chance to speak with all of you on behalf of our Veterans and Their Children.  
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Veterans Radio Show Kelly L. Derricks & Henry Lee

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If you missed our last show you can listen right here.
Learn about the  devastating effects of AGENT ORANGE and DIOXIN 
January 26, 2012 8:00 p.m. Veterans Radio Show

Thank you Henry Lee, Wolfie, His Wife Debbie, and Mike for making tonight’s show possible.
I am honored to have had the chance to speak with all of you on behalf of our Veterans and Their Children.  
There are 2 links part 1& 2 Please be sure to listen to both! 
 Please be patient and wait for the interview to start after the music!

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PTSD INSIDE STORIES

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Mike
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VIETNAM WAR
COMBAT VETERAN
A hunting trip was the turning point for Mike
Mike spent years keeping his combat-related emotions locked inside—yet depression, anger, and stress kept building up. A hunting trip spent reminiscing with fellow Veterans finally prompted him to reach out for help. See how he overcame the challenges he faced with assistance from VA.

PTSD INSIDE STORIES

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Mike
U.S. ARMY
VIETNAM WAR
COMBAT VETERAN
A hunting trip was the turning point for Mike
Mike spent years keeping his combat-related emotions locked inside—yet depression, anger, and stress kept building up. A hunting trip spent reminiscing with fellow Veterans finally prompted him to reach out for help. See how he overcame the challenges he faced with assistance from VA.

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