[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, HEALTH: West Virginia guardsmen and sodium dichromate

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Rockefeller urges care for W.Va. soldiers exposed to chemical in Iraq

By Paul J. Nyden
Charleston Gazette (WV)
October 26, 2011

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- On Monday, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller asked the  
U.S. Department of Defense to make sure 122 members of the West  
Virginia National Guard -- as well as Guard members from other states  
including Oregon and Indiana -- receive health care after being  
exposed to sodium dichromate, a cancer-causing chemical, while on  
duty at the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in southeastern Iraq.

West Virginia National Guard members serving in Iraq back in 2003,  
Rockefeller said, were not notified of their exposure to sodium  
dichromate until early 2009.

Last month, the DOD's Inspector General released a highly critical  
report, entitled, "Exposure to Sodium Dichromate of Qarmat Ali Iraq  
in 2003."

The report criticizes failures by the DOD and by Kellogg Brown and  
Root, a major contractor hired by the U.S. military to work in Iraq  
and other countries.

...

For the entire article, see
http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201110260122

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