FREDERICTON — Maine’s state legislature has called for a new investigation into the use of herbicides, including Agent Orange, in the 1960s on a southern New Brunswick military base, describing a Canadian study that found no risks to human health as flawed. The potential links between health problems and the use of Agent Orange at […]
Source: Maine questions Canadian study of Agent Orange use at New Brunswick military base
two tings i should find out: who is “eligible”? and what are the health impacts. i don’t recall ever seeing barrels of suspect chemicals, but i did cover a lot of ground when I was there ’81-85-uish.
“However, as compensation for the possible exposure to “unregistered U.S. herbicides” on the base, the government of Canada gave eligible people a sum of $20,000.”
“The potential links between health problems and the use of Agent Orange at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown need to be re-evaluated, says a report released in January by the 10-member Gagetown Harmful Chemical Study Commission.”
near as I can tell, eligible is 1966 & 1967 (so not me), on base or living within 5km of Gagetown.
here’s where I read most of this:
health effects:
