Agent Orange Legacy Logo
Agent Orange Legacy LogoAgent Orange Legacy LogoAgent Orange Legacy LogoMonsanto appears to be on a mission to flood the world with its genetically modified seedsMonsanto is reported to have used ingredients such as Roundup, soil bacteria and E-coli injected into the cell structure of common seeds with little research for the safety of genetically modified foods (www.sourcewatch.org). Congress has passed legislation to allow no labeling of genetically modified foods. Without labeling, we have no choice in our purchasing, and Monsanto has no responsibility if there are health consequences. Monsanto has reason to cheer that legislation, but who is protecting the consumer?
Monsanto appears to be on a mission to flood the world with its genetically modified seedsMonsanto is reported to have used ingredients such as Roundup, soil bacteria and E-coli injected into the cell structure of common seeds with little research for the safety of genetically modified foods (www.sourcewatch.org). Congress has passed legislation to allow no labeling of genetically modified foods. Without labeling, we have no choice in our purchasing, and Monsanto has no responsibility if there are health consequences. Monsanto has reason to cheer that legislation, but who is protecting the consumer?
And the UCCS isn’t alone. Earlier this month, at the third-ever Mexican Congress of Ecology held in Veracruz, scientists cautioned against the mingling of GM maize with non-GM varieties.
And the UCCS isn’t alone. Earlier this month, at the third-ever Mexican Congress of Ecology held in Veracruz, scientists cautioned against the mingling of GM maize with non-GM varieties.
A FEW GOOD MEN, TOO MANY CHEMICALS is a thrilling and informative nonfiction account of contamination at two Marine Corps installations, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro on the West Coast (CA) and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on the East Coast (NC). The eBook is scheduled for release Fall 2011 by MilSpeak Books, the eBook publishing division of MilSpeak Foundation (501c3).A FEW GOOD MEN tells the story of the thousands of Veterans and their families, once stationed at these hazardous military installations, who have continued to be ignored by the U.S. government by denial of the effects of exposure to environmental hazards, including the highest incidence of occurrence of male breast cancer in any other demographic in the U.S. Legislation to provide health care and compensation for Camp Lejeune Veterans and their dependents was introduced during the 111th Congress. None of these bills reached the floor for a vote before the end of the Congressional session.
King and O’Dowd hope to change the course of aMany affected Veterans have died without ‘connecting the dots’ between their killing disease and their military service at either, or both, of these two installations.
government that chooses to ignore affected Veterans until death silences their pleas for assistance. None of the Veterans that served aboard these two installations were notified of their exposure to deadly contaminants when it was discovered resulting in both bases earning Superfund Clean Up Site status.
A FEW GOOD MEN, TOO MANY CHEMICALS is a thrilling and informative nonfiction account of contamination at two Marine Corps installations, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro on the West Coast (CA) and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on the East Coast (NC). The eBook is scheduled for release Fall 2011 by MilSpeak Books, the eBook publishing division of MilSpeak Foundation (501c3).A FEW GOOD MEN tells the story of the thousands of Veterans and their families, once stationed at these hazardous military installations, who have continued to be ignored by the U.S. government by denial of the effects of exposure to environmental hazards, including the highest incidence of occurrence of male breast cancer in any other demographic in the U.S. Legislation to provide health care and compensation for Camp Lejeune Veterans and their dependents was introduced during the 111th Congress. None of these bills reached the floor for a vote before the end of the Congressional session.
King and O’Dowd hope to change the course of aMany affected Veterans have died without ‘connecting the dots’ between their killing disease and their military service at either, or both, of these two installations.
government that chooses to ignore affected Veterans until death silences their pleas for assistance. None of the Veterans that served aboard these two installations were notified of their exposure to deadly contaminants when it was discovered resulting in both bases earning Superfund Clean Up Site status.
I trust the benefits of this proclamation will not just fall to the veterans that are before you today, for we know who we are and are proud of our service, but rather to the tens of thousands of Vietnam veterans who are in the shadows and have not rejoined their bothers and sisters to stand tall in the sunlight of the recognition of their service.
I trust the benefits of this proclamation will not just fall to the veterans that are before you today, for we know who we are and are proud of our service, but rather to the tens of thousands of Vietnam veterans who are in the shadows and have not rejoined their bothers and sisters to stand tall in the sunlight of the recognition of their service.
The free application, now available via the iTunes store for the iPhone, also provides people with accurate information about PTSD, so the agencies are encouraging family members and friends of veterans suffering from it to download it as well. The agencies also plan to release an Android version of the app by mid-June.
The free application, now available via the iTunes store for the iPhone, also provides people with accurate information about PTSD, so the agencies are encouraging family members and friends of veterans suffering from it to download it as well. The agencies also plan to release an Android version of the app by mid-June.
In mid-February the Department of Defense released disclosures about the use of chemical testing at various military sites across the U.S. including Fort Ritchie in a report titled, “Defoliation Investigation during 1954 and 1955.”
Tom Macarthur - artist - visit Tom's store:In mid-February the Department of Defense released disclosures about the use of chemical testing at various military sites across the U.S. including Fort Ritchie in a report titled, “Defoliation Investigation during 1954 and 1955.”
Tom Macarthur - artist - visit Tom's store:Monsanto abuses its immensely disproportionate amount of power at the cost of small businesses and the public good.
This is far from an isolated event: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) labeled the company as a "potentially responsible party" for about 93 contaminated sites in the United States. Monsanto also (with allegations of bribery) illegally dumped many toxic pollutants into several British landfills.
Monsanto abuses its immensely disproportionate amount of power at the cost of small businesses and the public good.
This is far from an isolated event: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) labeled the company as a "potentially responsible party" for about 93 contaminated sites in the United States. Monsanto also (with allegations of bribery) illegally dumped many toxic pollutants into several British landfills.
To find out more information about Agent Orange benefits as well as all benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the VA has a very useful website: www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange.
Compliments of Jennifer 'Emery' BakkenTo find out more information about Agent Orange benefits as well as all benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the VA has a very useful website: www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange.
Compliments of Jennifer 'Emery' BakkenMonsanto could start field testing genetically modified wheat by 2012 and deliver the variety to the market in the next decade, said a spokesperson for the company.
Monsanto could start field testing genetically modified wheat by 2012 and deliver the variety to the market in the next decade, said a spokesperson for the company.
"As a mother I became very nervous and disturbed about the whole thing," Siegel said. "I just became worried as a parent to help all children, not just my children. It motivated me to teach people about the issue."
"As a mother I became very nervous and disturbed about the whole thing," Siegel said. "I just became worried as a parent to help all children, not just my children. It motivated me to teach people about the issue."
Bette Hudson, who speaks for the Oromocto-area group Widows on a War Path, said she also liked what she heard from Layton. The trick now is to put pressure on the other political parties to make a similar commitment, she said.
Bette Hudson, who speaks for the Oromocto-area group Widows on a War Path, said she also liked what she heard from Layton. The trick now is to put pressure on the other political parties to make a similar commitment, she said.
'It's like they're against you'
'It's like they're against you'
The veterans’ suit had claimed the Agent Orange Program Guide, issued in 1978, was a substantive rule that was issued in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.
The veterans’ suit had claimed the Agent Orange Program Guide, issued in 1978, was a substantive rule that was issued in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.
Activists reiterated that dioxin contamination and its effects on Vietnam’s population is not the sole responsibility of Vietnam.
Activists reiterated that dioxin contamination and its effects on Vietnam’s population is not the sole responsibility of Vietnam.
Since 1998, Marichia Simcik Arese’s Spiral Foundation has raised more than $1.6 million selling handmade items fashioned by disabled youth in Hue. The proceeds finance rehabilitation, job training and surgeries for Vietnamese suffering from congenital defects believed to be linked to the spraying of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Neither U.S. nor Vietnamese authorities accept that dioxin in Agent Orange is behind the high incidence of birth defects, which include cleft palate, spina bifida and heart defects, found in villages sprayed by Agent Orange. But Arese and her Vietnamese counterpart, Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhan, are not waiting. They are raising money to treat as many of the disabled youth of Vietnam as possible, regardless of the cause of the disability.
Since 1998, Marichia Simcik Arese’s Spiral Foundation has raised more than $1.6 million selling handmade items fashioned by disabled youth in Hue. The proceeds finance rehabilitation, job training and surgeries for Vietnamese suffering from congenital defects believed to be linked to the spraying of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Neither U.S. nor Vietnamese authorities accept that dioxin in Agent Orange is behind the high incidence of birth defects, which include cleft palate, spina bifida and heart defects, found in villages sprayed by Agent Orange. But Arese and her Vietnamese counterpart, Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhan, are not waiting. They are raising money to treat as many of the disabled youth of Vietnam as possible, regardless of the cause of the disability.
