#gagetown — Public Fediverse posts

A Maine commission has called for 💥a new probe of the historical use of #Agent #Orange and other herbicides at a #New #Brunswick #military #base 💥
because it says ⚠️ the data and analysis used in a Canadian report that found most people at or near the base were not at risk for long-term health effects was "#incorrect" and "#biased."
The #Gagetown #Harmful #Chemical #Study #Commission, created last summer to study the impacts of exposure to Agent Orange and other harmful chemicals on Maine National Guard veterans who trained at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown in Oromocto, recently presented its recommendations to the Maine legislature's veterans and legal affairs committee.
It said the committee should invite experts to review the Canadian Forces Base Gagetown Herbicide Spray Program 1952-2004 Fact-Finders' Report to determine whether the existing data should be reanalyzed or new studies conducted
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/agent-orange-base-gagetown-study-maine-commission-recommendations-1.7060592

Oh wow. It’s even worse than I thought.

“In 2004, the widow of a retired general who had commanded the Black Watch regiment at Gagetown rekindled public interest in Agent Orange. She revealed that when awarding her husband a disability pension, the government had admitted to using Agent Orange. This acknowledgement kicked off new interest and investigations by various journalists. The flurry of attention then lead the government to begin its own investigation. By late November 2005, 300 of the 800 troops of the Black Watch stationed at CFB Gagetown — and believed to have been exposed to Agent Orange — had already died.”

My dad was a member of the Black Watch. I guess he’s one of the lucky survivors.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-and-agent-orange

#BlackWatch #ArmyVeteran #AgentOrange #RainbowHerbicides #poison #herbicide #Gagetown

Oh wow. It’s even worse than I thought.

“In 2004, the widow of a retired general who had commanded the Black Watch regiment at Gagetown rekindled public interest in Agent Orange. She revealed that when awarding her husband a disability pension, the government had admitted to using Agent Orange. This acknowledgement kicked off new interest and investigations by various journalists. The flurry of attention then lead the government to begin its own investigation. By late November 2005, 300 of the 800 troops of the Black Watch stationed at CFB Gagetown — and believed to have been exposed to Agent Orange — had already died.”

My dad was a member of the Black Watch. I guess he’s one of the lucky survivors.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-and-agent-orange

#BlackWatch #ArmyVeteran #AgentOrange #RainbowHerbicides #poison #herbicide #Gagetown

Oh wow. It’s even worse than I thought.

“In 2004, the widow of a retired general who had commanded the Black Watch regiment at Gagetown rekindled public interest in Agent Orange. She revealed that when awarding her husband a disability pension, the government had admitted to using Agent Orange. This acknowledgement kicked off new interest and investigations by various journalists. The flurry of attention then lead the government to begin its own investigation. By late November 2005, 300 of the 800 troops of the Black Watch stationed at CFB Gagetown — and believed to have been exposed to Agent Orange — had already died.”

My dad was a member of the Black Watch. I guess he’s one of the lucky survivors.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-and-agent-orange

#BlackWatch #ArmyVeteran #AgentOrange #RainbowHerbicides #poison #herbicide #Gagetown

Oh wow. It’s even worse than I thought.

“In 2004, the widow of a retired general who had commanded the Black Watch regiment at Gagetown rekindled public interest in Agent Orange. She revealed that when awarding her husband a disability pension, the government had admitted to using Agent Orange. This acknowledgement kicked off new interest and investigations by various journalists. The flurry of attention then lead the government to begin its own investigation. By late November 2005, 300 of the 800 troops of the Black Watch stationed at CFB Gagetown — and believed to have been exposed to Agent Orange — had already died.”

My dad was a member of the Black Watch. I guess he’s one of the lucky survivors.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-and-agent-orange

#BlackWatch #ArmyVeteran #AgentOrange #RainbowHerbicides #poison #herbicide #Gagetown

Oh wow. It’s even worse than I thought.

“In 2004, the widow of a retired general who had commanded the Black Watch regiment at Gagetown rekindled public interest in Agent Orange. She revealed that when awarding her husband a disability pension, the government had admitted to using Agent Orange. This acknowledgement kicked off new interest and investigations by various journalists. The flurry of attention then lead the government to begin its own investigation. By late November 2005, 300 of the 800 troops of the Black Watch stationed at CFB Gagetown — and believed to have been exposed to Agent Orange — had already died.”

My dad was a member of the Black Watch. I guess he’s one of the lucky survivors.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-and-agent-orange

#BlackWatch #ArmyVeteran #AgentOrange #RainbowHerbicides #poison #herbicide #Gagetown

My father was poisoned with Agent Orange. He was a soldier at Base Gagetown during this time period and has had skin conditions ever since. He didn’t receive any compensation (I don’t think he knew about it), and now too much time has passed for him to qualify. https://web.archive.org/web/20240303053815/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-gagetown-base-agent-orange-herbicides/ #AgentOrange #Gagetown #Poison #military #PeaceKeeper