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Reports link Agent Orange exposure and birth defects

Mark Cash’s father, a U.S. Air Force security policeman, was stationed at Andersen Air Force Base in late 1966. His job on base mainly involved walking patrols ā€“ specifically, the area along the flight line, the fence perimeter, and the path of the above-ground fuel...
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Agent Orange Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial – AOVVM

  1.  AOVVM is an online memorial honoring the lives of our veteran’s and their children lost to Agent Orange.     2.  Find us on facebook:  AOVVM on facebook   3.  ADD YOUR VETERAN OR THE VETERAN’S CHILD a.  To add your...
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NIH scientists uncover genetic explanation for frustrating syndrome

ā€œThis work suggests that multiple alpha tryptase gene copies might underlie health issues that affect a substantial number of people,ā€ said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. ā€œIdentifying one genetic cause for high tryptase opens the door for us to develop strategies for...
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August and October are both Agent Orange Awareness Month

It’s time once again to observe Agent Orange Awareness Month.Ā  We began observing Agent Orange Awareness not only in the month of August but also October. I know it’s confusing to some but here is a little history behind Agent Orange Awareness Month. My understanding...
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Toxic Military Exposures

Camp Lejeune water contamination, also see Superfund Sites. Chemical weapons have been used during WWI, WWII, Korean, Cold War Era, Vietnam and post 911 wars: Gulf War, Iraq War, Operation Enduring Freedom, Global War on Terror (ISIL).
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3-D printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury

Nerve Regeneration
A national team of researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind, 3D-printed guide that helps regrow both the sensory and motor functions of complex nerves after injury. The groundbreaking research has the potential to help more than 200,000 people annually who experience nerve...
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BLUE WATER VETERANS: Webinar on September 10th, 2015

Agent Orange Blue Water Veterans
Agent Orange and Bluewater Sailors: VA has yet to publish its official definition of ā€œinland waterway.ā€ However, the BVAā€™s decision indicates that VA still refuses to accept Vietnam harbors as inland waterways, ignoring a Veterans Court order to the contrary. On Thursday,...
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Agent Orange Broke My Heartā„¢ – Agent Orange Legacy

Agent Orange Broke My Hearā„¢t
AUGUST and OCTOBER are both AGENT ORANGE AWARENESS MONTH…Please tell us how Agent Orange broke your heartā„¢. HISTORY OF AGENT ORANGE BROKE MY HEARTā„¢ and IMAGE My daughter, Dee and I made this image in 2007 when we founded Agent Orange Legacy after her father (my husband)...
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U.S. Army sprayed defoliant over DMZ in 1955: ex-soldier

Agent Orange Korea
A former South Korean soldier testified for the first time Monday that from its aircraft, the U.S. military sprayed a defoliant over the Demilitarized Zone in 1955 ā€• more than a decade earlier than news media recently reported. ā€œIt was in 1955 when I was working at the 15th Army...
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Monsanto Exposed for Trying to Hide ‘Ugly History’ by Ditching Its Name

Monsanto
Agrochemical giant Monsantoā€”known for its power over food systems world-wideā€”recently suggested a name-change as part of a proposed corporate merger, in what critics say is a bald attempt to bury the poor human rights and environmental reputation associated with the...
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