What we have here, is a failure to communicate….Specifically, the Federal Government and the Veterans Administration are refusing to tell the veterans of Ft. McClellan, Alabama, home to the former Military Police training school, Chemical Corp, the Women’s Army Corp and many other training schools used by all branches of America’s military, that they have been exposed to toxic chemicals. Please take a moment to think about that. People were exposed to dangerous chemicals that are known to cause serious health conditions to include cancer, endocrine disorders, autoimmune disease, neurological problems, and diabetes, but the government is refusing to inform them even though the facts are undisputed.
We are not just referring to the chemical spills from the chemical school there, although they contributed to the problem too. The veterans and their families were exposed to a toxic soup of chemicals from years and years of dumping, improper containment, and spills of dangerous toxic chemicals from Monsanto (think PCB’s, Dioxins, Roundup weed killer, Agent Orange, and genetically modified food) which turned Ft. McClellan and the neighboring town of Anniston into a disease and death causing toxic cesspool. In short, if you were stationed at Ft. McClellan between 1933 and 1999, you were exposed to these chemicals and possibly ionizing radiation if you were at the firing range. The only question is how it will affect you.
Reprinted from Law Enforcement Today
Join host Jim Fausone and his guest Veterans Activist Sue Frasier. Sue, who was stationed at Ft. McClellan in 1970, has been waging a very difficult uphill battle with the Department of Veterans Affairs to get those veterans who went through Ft. McClellan the benefits they deserve. Don’t miss this very important program. Especially if you spent any time at Ft. McClellan.
This is a great interview and I encourage all veterans and VSO’s to listen in. As a small point of correction, we are doing no work at all in Washington DC at the VA either on the compound known as agent orange, or on the compound known as Roundup weedkiller that was not even manufactured at the time. People have confused this Monsanto location to somehow be connected to AO factories which this one was NOT. Thanks. Best Wishes to Veterans Radio.