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  • Opinion: Encouraging news in cleaning up military chemicals

    Progressive Perspectives, Syndicated content|Updated Nov 26, 2022

    Since the early 20th century, the U.S. military’s negligent use, storage and disposal of harmful chemical substances on its bases has exposed countless troops to severe health hazards. One example is Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corps base in North Carolina, where toxic contamination went unnoticed for several decades until measures were taken in the mid-1980s. As a result, thousands of veterans and their family members developed life-threatening and debilitating diseases. Veterans aren’t the only people impacted by the mil...