EDITORIAL: Maine veterans owed study on use of chemicals at Canadian base

The U.S. government has denied that the herbicides sprayed at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown sickened Jandreau or his fellow veterans. But the federal study’s conclusions are based solely on a review of previous research. Maine’s two senators are calling for an independent study in a bill that could open the door to a more comprehensive review and answer questions that have lingered for far too long.

The Canadian and U.S. governments have rejected most disability claims filed by Gagetown veterans, other than those who served in 1966 or 1967, when Agent Orange was tested at the Canadian base. But 3 million pounds of herbicides and defoliants — some chemically similar to Agent Orange — were used at Gagetown over a 30-year period, according to military documents obtained by Canadian veterans through Freedom of Information requests. Given this history, it’s reasonable to theorize that exposure to toxins far exceeded what officials are willing to acknowledge.

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Agent Orange Canada: Niagara Parks Commission admits to using Agent Orange

Robert McIlveen, interim general manager of the NPC, admitted at a commissioners meeting today it used 2,4,5,-T up until 1974.

The NPC intends to hand over all of its records pertaining to the use of the herbicide to the government panel investigating its use in the province.

McIlveen added, the NPC is concerned about the effect the herbicide may have had on former parks employees and the public at large

The NPC has released a statement about the use of 2,4,5,-T. It can be found here

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CANADA: Open Letter to PM of Canada re: Gagetown Dioxin does not evaporate in an Hour by Kenneth H. Young CD

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Co-founder & Daughter of deceased Vietnam vet

We further were informed that only the top two centimeters of soil had a half life of 4 to 6 years and that anything past that depth had a half life of 80 years or more and in some locations they do not expect the soils to return to normal for more then 100,000 years, unless the soil is manually removed and decontaminated.

I can also assure you that dioxin does not evaporate in a hour, in sun light as we were told by the industry because in De Nang and Bien Hoa Airports it is still laying on top of the ground and just as deadly, after 30 years.

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Agent Orange Canada: Agent orange victims tell their stories

Ken Young and Kelly Franklin were both exposed to defoliant chemicals during spraying at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick.

“My father was posted to Gagetown in 1958 and we lived there until 1964,” said Franklin, 54. “We were there for some of the heaviest spraying of Agent Orange.”

Young, 63, served with the Royal Canadian Regiment at Gagetown in 1972, and said the government had by then switched to spraying Agent White, which contained hexachlorobenzene, another contaminant.

Both men are members of the Agent Orange Association of Canada B.C. chapter, and will join victims, social activists and scientists from various countries at the conference Monday and Tuesday (Aug. 8-9) in Hanoi, marking the 50th anniversary of the first spraying of Agent Orange by U.S. forces in Vietnam.

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Canada probes use of toxic chemical