Related Stories...from a summary of environmental news:
UPI
Summary NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Air Force reservists were exposed to greater levels of dioxin from Agent Orange via military aircraft than previously acknowledged, researchers say. "Our findings, the results of three different modeling approaches, contrast with Air Force and VA conclusions and policies," said senior author Jeanne Mager Stellman, professor Emerita of Health Policy and Management at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York.
Summary Columbia University health-policy professor Jeanne Mager Stellman, who authored the study, said the findings conflict with U.S. Air Force and Department of Veterans Affairs conclusions and policies. Advocates of the decision have described the move as the first of its kind for veterans seeking compensation for post-Vietnam exposure to the defoliant.
Same story...looks like different airplanes. Guess which plane C-123 crews wish they'd flown! Guess which plane the C-123 crews actually flew. (Hint...no auto pilot and no coffee pot.)
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