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First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

True war heroes those who save lives, limbs and psyches: Letter to the Editor

Typically I respond with a ?You?re welcome. Wish I could say ?It was my pleasure?, but it really wasn?t.? Then I say to myself, ?I didn?t serve our country. I served lying, fear-mongering politicians, warmongers and war profiteers.? For example, we were ... [Published Chagrin Sun - 20 hours ago]

Entities: War Profiteers, Vietnam, Vietnam People's Army, Defoliant

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Cleaning up Agent Orange, and putting it in your corn

$ An Agent Orange victim Nguyen Thi Thao, 16 years old, sits at the Friendship Village, a hospice for Agent Orange victims outside Hanoi. Agent Orange is a dioxin-laced defoliant sprayed by US troops in the Vietnam War to destroy crops and jungle cover ... [Published Thanhnien - May 24 2013]

Entities: Agent Orange, Vietnam, Corn

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Chuck Hagel

Michaud: Backlog of veterans' claims 'unacceptable'

WASHINGTON – With Memorial Day around the corner, lawmakers on Capitol Hill stepped up their efforts to pressure the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs to address a bureaucratic backlog that has some veterans waiting years to receive disability ... [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 23 2013]

Entities: Mike Michaud, Eric Shinseki, Chuck Hagel, Defoliant, Center for Investigative Reporting

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

US Environmental Protection Agency

Another Toxic 'Superfund' Site Identified in Newark

An industrial facility located near the Passaic River in the North Ward has been added to the nation’s list of highly contaminated “Superfund” sites by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA announced this week.Riverside Industrial Park, ... [Published South Ward Patch - May 24 2013]

Entities: US Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund, Toxic, Passaic River

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Letter: 'Its repetitive spraying has...caused widespread mutations'

0 commentsHe who trades a lack of cancer for fire safety, deserves neither...Once again, an intrinsically faulty process for a Marin County Civil Grand Jury investigation has led to a deeply flawed recommendation: to spray large quantities of pesticides ... [Published Pacific Sun - May 23 2013]

Entities: Glyphosate, mutations, Pesticide, Precautionary Principle, Defoliant

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Sometimes trees win, sometimes bugs

In the 1990s, Ohio was dealing with the effects of the gypsy moth. It is a forest pest capable of defoliating oaks and other hardwood trees in forests and residential areas.The gypsy moth became a nuisance pest as well as a pest that could significantly ... [Published Tribune Chronicle - May 23 2013]

Entities: Beetle, Dutch Elm Disease, Fungus

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Behind the scenes: C-123K a military provider

As a volunteer at the Museum of Aviation working in the museum’s archives, I found myself fascinated with all the planes and the stories behind them. I have always had a love of history, but aircraft were not on my radar -- until now.Planes have all sorts ... [Published Macon Telegraph - May 22 2013]

Entities: Vietnam, Joe Jackson, Military/Armed Forces

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

VA Excludes Some Benefits From Promise to Fix Backlog by 2015

By Aaron Glantz, Center for Investigative ReportingPublish date: May 22, 2013The Department of Veterans Affairs has systematically missed nearly all of its internal benchmarks for reducing a hulking backlog of benefits claims and has quietly backed away ... [Published NBC Bay Area - May 22 2013]

Entities: Eric Shinseki, Center for Investigative Reporting, Bernie Sanders

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Vet's long mission: Win benefits

FOSTER TWP. — At times Anthony Buonaiuto wanted to give up pursuing an Agent Orange disability claim connected to the year he spent in Vietnam as a U.S. Navy Seabee.He contacted the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department in 1998 about his diagnosis with multiple ... [Published Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - May 19 2013]

Entities: Robert Casey, Multiple Sclerosis, Agent Orange

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Agent Orange’s haunting legacy

Betsy Lehndorff - News Staff Writer , The Alpena NewsSave | Post a comment |ALPENA - In 1969, Bill Walton was eating lunch as Agent Orange was defoliating the jungle around him. A 19-year-old soldier, he found himself near the end of his tour with ... [Published Alpena News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Agent Orange, Bill Walton, Defoliant, Vietnam, Rachischisis

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Pest caterpillar helicopter spraying goes ahead despite local residents' concerns

Oak processionary caterpillars on a tree trunk in Germany. West Berkshire is the only location outside of London where the moth has taken hold. Photograph: Patrick Pleul/Alamy A helicopter will spray insecticide on woodland in west Berkshire on Wednesday ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 15 2013]

Entities: Defoliant, Alamy, Forestry Commission, Insecticide, Exanthema subitum

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Exposure to Agent Orange Associated with Increased Risk for High-Grade Prostate Cancers

Save time and stay informed. Our physician-editors offer you clinical perspectives on key research and news.By Joe EliaVietnam-era veterans exposed to the defoliant Agent Orange are twice as likely to have high-grade prostate cancer findings on biopsy ... [Published AIDS Clinical Care - May 14 2013]

Entities: Agent Orange, Prostate, Gleason Score, Defoliant

Quotes

"Even though our churches are filled with people, we can't be involved in health care or in education. Everything belongs to the government. There is a political monopoly" said Kham. "There is still friction, but there have been developments."

Foreign preacher takes rare turn on Vietnam stage [Published Chambersburg Public Opinion - May 24 2013]

..." Other studies have reported that "glyphosate is associated with an increased risk of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, genetic damage, and endocrine disruption, as well as environmental damage including water contamination and harm to amphibians."

Letter: 'Its repetitive spraying has...caused widespread mutations' [Published Pacific Sun - May 23 2013]

"Outdoors, it takes 140 years in weather for Agent Orange to break down. But inside our bodies, we don't know" he said

Agent Orange’s haunting legacy [Published Alpena News - May 18 2013]

"Our war is never going to be over as long as our kids have this" Walton said. "That's the shame of it."

Meeting to discuss effects toxin has across generations [Published Alpena News - May 18 2013]

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Updated dates for Toronto's aerial spray to con... [Published Canada NewsWire - 7 mins ago]
Part evangelist, part motivational speaker, Aus... [Published National Post \| Life » Holy Post - 3 hours ago]
True war heroes those who save lives, limbs and... [Published Chagrin Sun - 20 hours ago]
Cleaning up Agent Orange, and putting it in you... [Published Thanhnien - May 24 2013]
Foreign preacher takes rare turn on Vietnam stage [Published Chambersburg Public Opinion - May 24 2013]
Great vines for freeway overpasses not so great... [Published San Jose Mercury News - May 24 2013]
Another Toxic 'Superfund' Site Identified in Ne... [Published South Ward Patch - May 24 2013]
Letter: 'Its repetitive spraying has...caused w... [Published Pacific Sun - May 23 2013]
Sometimes trees win, sometimes bugs [Published Tribune Chronicle - May 23 2013]
The Growing Global Challenge to Monsanto’s Mono... [Published RINF.com - May 23 2013]
Michaud: Backlog of veterans' claims 'unaccepta... [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 23 2013]
Behind the scenes: C-123K a military provider [Published Macon Telegraph - May 22 2013]
VA Excludes Some Benefits From Promise to Fix B... [Published NBC Bay Area - May 22 2013]
City of Toronto begins to spray to control Euro... [Published Canada NewsWire - May 20 2013]
Vet's long mission: Win benefits [Published Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - May 19 2013]
Vines Have Unique Personalities [Published Canyon News - May 18 2013]
Napa group set to âMarch Against Monsantoâ [Published Napa News - May 18 2013]
Agent Orange’s haunting legacy [Published Alpena News - May 18 2013]
Meeting to discuss effects toxin has across gen... [Published Alpena News - May 18 2013]
Kalu’s Njiko and a tear for Ndigbo [Published The Nation Nigeria - May 17 2013]
Monsanto CEO: U.S. Regulatory System Is ?Functi... [Published Truth About Trade - May 16 2013]
Pest caterpillar helicopter spraying goes ahead... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 15 2013]
Pest caterpillar helicopter spraying goes ahead... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 15 2013]
READER’S EDITORIAL: STOP POISONING OUR COMMUNIT... [Published East County Magazine - May 15 2013]
"Dinosaurs": The Most Traumatizing Series Final... [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - May 15 2013]
Spraying to start to fight invasive gypsy moth [Published The Beacon News - May 14 2013]
Exposure to Agent Orange Associated with Increa... [Published AIDS Clinical Care - May 14 2013]
Agent Orange linked to deadliest forms of prost... [Published Examiner.com - May 13 2013]
Agent Orange Linked To Fatal Prostate Cancer [Published MediLexicon - May 13 2013]
Department of Veterans Affairs plan to clear gl... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 13 2013]

Blogs

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Part evangelist, part motivational speaker, Aus... [Published National Post \| Life » Holy Post - 3 hours ago] HANOI, Vietnam — The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to deliver. “Do you know why I love ...
"Dinosaurs": The Most Traumatizing Series Final... [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - May 15 2013] The extinction of the Sinclair family was a blow to childhoods everywhere. But the episode also delivered a powerful message. Dinosaurs Dinosaurs , produced by Jim Henson Productions, was a show that aired from 1991–1994, as part of ABC's "TGIF" ...
Nick Turse: A War Victim’s Question Only You Ca... [Published Firedoglake - Jan 09 2013] This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here . [ Ed. Note: The Firedoglake Book Salon will host Nick Turse for a discussion of Kill Anything That Moves on January 19 .] ...
Feds Wait Until Home Goes Into Foreclosure & Ex... [Published Foreclosure Fraud - Fighting Foreclosure Fraud ... - Jan 06 2013] Veterans die awaiting pension benefits In November, more than a year after Vietnam veteran John Conrad died of leukemia, the VA sent his widow a letter acknowledging his cancer was caused by exposure to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange. The decision marked ...
Feds Wait Until Home Goes Into Foreclosure & Ex... [Published The Home Equity Theft Reporter Cases & Articles - Dec 31 2012] A recent story in the San Francisco Chronicle highlights the problems that former armed service members are having receiving their well-earned pension benefits from the Veterans Administration, often times with the latter waiting until after the veteran ...

Press Releases

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Judge OKs Settlement in Monsanto Agent Orange Suit [Published CisionWire - English - Feb 04 2013]
Art's Way Manufacturing Launches New Web Site F... [Published PR Newswire - Jan 24 2013]
Just Label It Calls on Agriculture Secretary Vi... [Published PR Newswire: Environment - Nov 28 2012]