Hey KBR, if there was no health risk, why do we need a registry?
VA creates new registry for soldiers exposed to hexavalent chromium in Iraq
Published: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 8:23 PM
“Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian”
The Department of Veterans Affairs is launching a Qarmat Ali registry to aggressively track and treat veterans exposed to a cancer-causing chemical in Iraq in 2003.
The national surveillance program will register hundreds of National Guard members who served at the Qarmat Ali water- treatment plant, looking for health problems associated with hexavalent chromium exposure, such as asthma and lung cancer.
The monitoring is a victory for nearly 300 Oregon Army National Guard members and for Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. Wyden proposed such a registry March 22 after veterans with breathing and skin problems told him in an emotional meeting in Portland that VA staff did not understand the hazards of their assignment. (Read the rest HERE)
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