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28 September 2020

Senators Push to Extend Care to 34,000 More Veterans for Agent Orange Diseases

 

Senators have ramped up efforts to add three new diseases, bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinsonism to the VA's list of conditions linked to herbicide exposure in Vietnam and elsewhere.

A U.S. Huey helicopter sprays Agent Orange over Vietnam. The U.S. military used at least 11 million gallons of Agent Orange in Vietnam from 1961 to 1972. Wikimedia Commons

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/22/senators-push-extend-care-34000-more-veterans-agent-orange-diseases.html?ESRC=mr_200928.nl


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