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PatrickforO

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23. Because they care more about profits than people.

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #19)

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 02:01 AM

Jun 2016

I know that sounds trite, and has been bandied about so much that it is in danger of becoming cliche, but it is very true in this case. Mordor is alive and well and this, unfortunately, is it.

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My father’s war, my toxic inheritance [View all] rug Jun 2016 OP

Incredible story. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #1

Makes you wonder about all those who served in areas where Depleted Uranium was used. Ford_Prefect Jun 2016 #2

start by reading anything onethatcares Jun 2016 #3

The V.A. will follow it's mandate as provided by Congress. HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #6

They also needed it for recruiting purposes. bluescribbler Jun 2016 #10

Yes, it's sad, because down the road people forget wounded vets last decades HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #11

And for all of the Republicans' vaunted fiscal responsibility gratuitous Jun 2016 #7

2016: "STFU conspiracist!" MisterP Jun 2016 #16

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I think I read where that material was used in places like Kosovo. Anywhere the A-10 was Ford_Prefect Jun 2016 #22

Al is 73. My age. I was drafted but rejected because I was born blind in one eye. Hoppy Jun 2016 #4

Epigenetics. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #5

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When I went to Vietnam elljay Jun 2016 #9

I work with someone who has traces of Agent Orange in her system lunatica Jun 2016 #12

condolence on your father's death heaven05 Jun 2016 #13

Monsanto and Dow KNEW Agent Orange had these effects, but PatrickforO Jun 2016 #14

Remarkable story PatSeg Jun 2016 #15

Zep said that: "The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath." PatrickforO Jun 2016 #18

Seriously PatSeg Jun 2016 #19

Because they care more about profits than people. PatrickforO Jun 2016 #23

I think it is even more than greed PatSeg Jun 2016 #24

They are increasingly finding that this is also causing blindness now condoleeza Jun 2016 #17

An amazing story malaise Jun 2016 #21