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Looks like there finally is some progress in getting 3 of the 4 new Agent Orange presumptives approved (bladder cancer, hypothyrodism, Parkinsonism.) There is a major push to get HR566 and S332 included in the massive 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. Problem is, they negotiated the big one out of the bill, that is hypertension. Htn was recommended the strongest by the National Academy of Science, as having the most pressing rationale to be included. Now, who says “money talks”? But, not to worry; I’m willing to bet that the Congress will have another committee to study and then report on it! We shouldn’t complain either. It’s only been 50 years and these things take time. (Census data says 523 Vietnam veterans die every day!) Are you Gulf War and Burn Pits veterans paying attention? This is what you have to look forward to for the next 30 years or more.
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New Agent Orange presumptive disease legislation
Looks like there finally is some progress in getting 3 of the 4 new Agent Orange presumptives approved (bladder cancer, hypothyrodism, Parkinsonism.) There is a major push to get HR566 and S332 included in the massive 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. Problem is, they negotiated the big on...
