Posted on Jun 25, 2015
Remember when Agent Orange was "No big thing"? Vietnam vets link Agent Orange to children's illnesses
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Army veteran Bernard Edelman spent much of 1970 in Vietnam as a combat correspondent, producing radio broadcasts transmitted worldwide. Years later, he was diagnosed with illnesses connected to Agent Orange.
He worked with several lawmakers to draft the Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015, a bill to create a national research center to study medical conditions that arise in the descendants of those exposed to toxic substances during military service — not only in Vietnam, but also in the first Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq.
The bill was introduced in April by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Reps. Dan Benishek, R-Mich., Mike Honda, D-Calif. and Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn., the second time lawmakers have moved to promote research on illnesses stemming from service exposures.
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/veterans/2015/06/24/vietnam-vets-link-agent-orange-to-childrens-illnesses/28939139/
He worked with several lawmakers to draft the Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015, a bill to create a national research center to study medical conditions that arise in the descendants of those exposed to toxic substances during military service — not only in Vietnam, but also in the first Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq.
The bill was introduced in April by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Reps. Dan Benishek, R-Mich., Mike Honda, D-Calif. and Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn., the second time lawmakers have moved to promote research on illnesses stemming from service exposures.
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/veterans/2015/06/24/vietnam-vets-link-agent-orange-to-childrens-illnesses/28939139/
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I will admit to being one of the skeptics at the time. Agent Orange was a defoliant that made it harder for Charlie to hide; it didn't seem that some of the worries expressed about effects many decades later would override the survival of our troops in the next weeks or months from ambush.
Today one of my men that I am still in contact with has diabetes from exposure to Agent Orange, and I have it as well.
Today one of my men that I am still in contact with has diabetes from exposure to Agent Orange, and I have it as well.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
Currently there are 3 million Vietnamese who have been impacted and disfigured by agent orange.
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I wonder how many children of Vietnam veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange are now sick as a possible result of secondary exposure? Thanks for sharing SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S..
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